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SHORE Dinner Speaker Announced: Attendees Urged to Sign Up NOW!

Posted September 21, 2023 by HCDP in News

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CONWAY, SC – Horry County Democratic Party (HCDP) is pleased to announce that our 11th Annual SHORE Fundraising Dinner speaker will be journalist Karen Gray Houston, author of Daughter of the Boycott, Carrying on a Montgomery Family’s Civil Rights Legacy on October 22nd, 2023. Houston’s book, published in May 2020, recounts her father’s leadership of the…

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Maga-Inspired Drive To Ban Books Deemed Objectionable In Horry County Public School Libraries

Posted September 13, 2023 by Bob Gatty in News

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The MAGA-inspired drive to ban books deemed objectionable in Horry County public school libraries appears to be gaining steam and opponents of such censorship are urged to let school board members know of their concerns. Julinna Oxley, professor of philosophy at Coastal Carolina University, told the Carolina Forest Democratic Club Tuesday, Sept. 12 that the censorship…

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How Can Liberals Challenge Conservative Dominance in Horry County?

Posted June 21, 2023 by Jeremy Holland in News

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Horry County in South Carolina is quickly becoming the deepest red area in the Palmetto State.  Consider, for instance, that no opposing parties currently occupy a seat on the Horry County Council or the Horry County Schools Board of Education. In many cases, no member of an opposing party was even on the ballot. In 2020,…

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Fighting Gun Violence & Supporting Pride Month

Posted June 9, 2023 by HCDP in News

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Led by its Gun Sense Committee, members of HCDP strongly supported National Gun Violence Awareness Day “Wear Orange” activities that took place in Horry County June 2 and the weekend of June 3 and 4, including participation at the Grand Strand Pride event at Chapin Park in Myrtle Beach kicking off 2023 Pride Month. “The…

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Nation Gun Violence Awareness Day June 2-4

Posted May 24, 2023 by HCDP in Events, News

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The HCDP Gun Sense Action Committee will participate with other local advocacy groups to commemorate Nation Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2. Also, the Grand Strand Chapter of Moms Demand Action is sponsoring a number of events, including a Stop Gun Violence Rally at the Myrtle Beach Skywheel on June 2 at 8 pm. The HCDP…

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An Open Letter to Governor Henry McMaster

Posted May 22, 2023 by CJ Waldron in News

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Governor, Based upon your recent comments, it’s o you don’t like Democrats very much. If truth be told, we don’t like you much either. The difference is, we don’t have to, but you were elected to serve ALL South Carolinians, not just those who voted for you. So, when you make remarks that you would “hunt…

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SC Republicans Continue Abortion Attack

Posted May 16, 2023 by Bob Gatty in News

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The Republicans are continuing to try to virtually outlaw abortions in the state as Gov. Henry McMaster has called the state legislature back for a special session to work on a bill that would ban most abortions as early as six weeks. Lawmakers had barely gotten home after the General Assembly adjourned May 11 when they…

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GOP Agenda Could Raise SC Health Care Costs

Posted March 6, 2023 by HCDP in News

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Republicans in Congress, including Senator Tim Scott, are pushing a budget plan that would make trillions of dollars in cuts to essential programs. As the GOP remains “intentionally vague” about where these cuts would come from, evidence from past statements, proposals, and previous budget plans provide a preview: Virtually every Republican budget or fiscal plan over the last decade has included repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…

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March in March: Tradition Continues with Press Briefing and Rally

Posted March 3, 2023 by HCDP in News

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Following a tradition begun in 2017, the Horry County Democratic Party (HCDP) will hold a 12 Noon press briefing and rally March 14 at the Voter Registration and Elections Office in Conway in recognition of the anniversary of Dr. King’s sermon “March on Ballot Boxes.” The event began in 2017 following the 50th anniversary of Dr.…

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Horry County Democratic County Convention - 2023

Horry County Democratic County Convention – 2023

Posted March 1, 2023 by HCDP in Events, News

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The Horry County Democratic Party County Convention Election of HCDP Chair Candidates event is an important gathering of local Democratic Party members and leaders in Horry County, South Carolina. The purpose of the event is to elect a new Chair for the Horry County Democratic Party, who will lead the party in its efforts to…

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SC Bill Calls for Death Penalty as Punishment for Abortion

Posted February 28, 2023 by Eileen Powell in News

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The right-wing extremists are at it again in Columbia and now in their gunsights are women who undergo an abortion. Rep. Rob Harris (R-Spartanburg County) has introduced House Bill 3549, which would make the death penalty a possible punishment for women in the Palmetto State who have an abortion. The bill, called the South Carolina Preenatal…

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Horry County Democratic Party Elections March 25

Posted February 7, 2023 by HCDP in News

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County Party elections will be held at the Horry County Democratic convention, scheduled for March 25, 2023. Specifics about the convention will follow by mid-February. “The Horry County Democratic Party needs qualified candidates that will lead us to win in the 2024 election,” said our current chair, Alester Linton-Pryor. “This is your opportunity to make a…

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Abortion legislation moving through South Carolina General Assembly

Posted January 26, 2023 by Linda Evans in News

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Fourteen bills related to abortion – from total bans to first-trimester bans with exceptions to a proposed constitutional amendment – are moving through the South Carolina General Assembly in the current session. House Bill 349 calls for a constitutional ballot question that says the state “shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in…

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SC GOP Legislators Attack Rights of LGBTQ+ Community

Posted January 25, 2023 by Linda Evans in News

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A flurry of more than a dozen bills targeting the rights of LGBTQ+ people is working its way through the South Carolina General Assembly – including bills that focus on transgender healthcare, limit rights of LGBTQ+ young people and their parents and censor curriculum. “These are attacks on every level,” said Adam Polaski, communications director for…

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Join the Fight Against School Library Book Bans

Join the Fight Against School Library Book Bans

Posted December 23, 2022 by HCDP in News

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In dozens of states across the nation efforts are underway to influence, even intimidate, school board members to restrict what can be taught, and what library books can be available, to public school students. In South Carolina, for example, school boards are considering proposals to ban a long list of books from school libraries because of…

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Biden Signs Respect for Marriage Act at White House Ceremony

Posted December 14, 2022 by HCDP in News

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On Tuesday, December 16th, 2022, President Joe Biden presided over a White House ceremony that codified same-sex and interracial marriages. The bill he signed into law was the culmination of years of effort by LGBTQ+ activists and allies in Congress. The new law makes it illegal to discriminate against anyone on the basis of their race…

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HCDP Gun Show Rally 2022

Posted October 31, 2022 by HCDP in News

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HCDP’s Gun Sense Action Committee sponsored a rally Sunday, Oct. 30, on Oak Street across from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, where the Myrtle Beach Gun Show was taking place. In addition to committee members, two representatives of the MOMs organization participated, as demonstrators explained our position that background checks need to be strengthened against…

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Cunningham ‘Statistically Tied’ with McMaster

Posted October 29, 2022 by Bob Gatty in News

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joe Cunningham says recent polls show that when he gets his message out, he is “statistically tied” with Gov. Henry McMaster in his race for the statehouse. “Just last month we had polling come out showing that when we got our message out, we poll within the margin of error and are statistically…

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McMaster vs. Cunningham: Archie Bunker vs. Progress, Fresh Ideas

Posted October 27, 2022 by Bob Gatty in News

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The choice for governor between Democrat Joe Cunningham and Republican Gov. Henry McMaster is a choice between light and dark, the future and the past, and whether South Carolina will recognize and address the many failings that we have as a state. Highest income tax rate in the southeast. #42 in Education Worst…

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Candidate Forum Recap

Posted October 24, 2022 by Penny Sunshine in News

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A candidate forum was held last night at the Burgess Community Center. No Republicans attended.

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