Jaime Harrison

Jaime Ricardo Harrison ( JAY-mee; born February 5, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2021 to 2025. He was chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party from 2013 to 2017. Harrison ran against Senator Lindsey Graham in the 2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina; he was defeated by ten points. Born and raised in South Carolina, Harrison graduated from Yale University and then headed a non-profit that assisted low income students in career readiness. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center. Harrison worked for South Carolina congressman Jim Clyburn and became staff director for the House Democratic Caucus. He then worked as a lobbyist for the Podesta Group, before being selected to chair the South Carolina Democratic Party. In January 2021, Joe Biden nominated Harrison as chair of the National Democratic Party, for which he was subsequently elected. Following the Democratic Party's loss to the Republicans in the 2024 United States presidential election, along with other defeats, Harrison announced that he would not seek a second term as chair of the party in 2025.