By Bob Gatty
The victory by Republican Governor-elect Glenn Younkin over former Governor Terry McAuliffe in Virginia, and the unexpectedly tight race in the New Jersey gubernatorial contest, emphasizes the challenges that Horry County Democrats must embrace as we approach the 2022 election.
The good news from Tuesday’s off-year elections came in New York City, where Democrat…
By Rosemary Wolfe
Carrying signs and displaying banners, Myrtle Beach and Conway residents joined HCDP Gun Sense Action Committee members in a protest Sunday, October 31 outside the Myrtle Beach Convention Gun Show.
This is the fifth year that the Gun Sense Action Committee has protested the lack of background checks and other measures to reduce gun…
By Bob Gatty
Clearly, Republicans are determined to make it as hard as possible for people to vote, especially those who they believe are more likely to support Democratic candidates.
Senate Republicans have now blocked action for the third time this year on voting rights legislation, hoping to kill the Freedom to Vote Act developed by Democrats…
By Bob Gatty
Horry County Democrats are committed to improving the lives of all people by promoting Democratic principles and values, recruiting and electing outstanding Democratic candidates, and dramatically broadening voter participation.
But as we work to achieve those objectives today, we need you to take action. Passive support for Democrats’ ideas or passionate hate of Trump…
By Mike Hodges
Editor’s Note: The Horry County Democratic Party (HCDP) is embarking upon a major initiative to promote the positive initiatives of Democrats and President Biden and to call out Republicans for their obstruction and hypocrisy. The following article provides an overview of the concerns we must, and will, address. We invite your comments…
State Democratic Chair Trav Robertson rallied Horry County Democrats at the 2021 HCDP SHORE Dinner Friday, Oct. 22, encouraging them to work hard to elect a new governor, U.S. Senator, members of Congress, and down-ballot candidates.
“We’re here to fight!” declared Robertson at HCDP’s annual fundraising dinner held at the Dunes & Golf Club in Myrtle…
By a member of the HCDP Communications Committee
Two bills are currently being negotiated in Congress pitting Democrats against Republicans and conservative Democrats against progressive Democrats. A resolution needs to be found.
The first is the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Senate Infrastructure and Jobs Act that focuses on investment in physical assets like roads and bridges.…
This is the theme for the 9th Annual SHORE Dinner held by the Horry County Democratic Party. We are celebrating at long last our victory in the last presidential election that brought Joe Biden to the presidency of the United States of America. The former vice-president who served with President Obama for eight years, and…
By Jeremy Holland
Thousands of South Carolina residents are hurting. They are stuck in minimum wage jobs and it’s not nearly enough to get by, let alone raise a family or save for the future.
Moms and dads both holding down more than one job is commonplace in South Carolina, where the state minimum wage of $7.25…
By Bob Gatty
Even though more and more people are contracting COVID-19 and dying in South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster has vowed to fight “to the gates of Hell” against mandates for governments, businesses, and schools ordered by President Biden.
The governor, and other Republican governors, are vehemently fighting the requirements and the Republican National Committee has…
Editor’s Note: This is the second of an ongoing series of social movement profiles by Dr. Jeremy Holland, who teaches sociology at Horry Georgetown Technical College. In this series, he introduces contemporary American social movement groups focused on economic redistribution, identity equality, and public safety.
By Dr. Jeremy Holland
On January 6th a pro-Trump mob descended…
By Bill O’Connor, MD
The Republican assault on a woman’s constitutional right to choose found new momentum Sept. 1 when Texas passed Senate Bill 8, allowing anyone to sue physicians or any other person helping a woman terminate her pregnancy after six weeks.
And South Carolina won’t be far behind.
Signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott,…
“Celebrations Delayed… Commitments Pledged” is the theme of Horry County Democratic Party’s major fundraising event for 2021, the ever-popular SHORE Dinner, scheduled for Friday, October 22, 2021 at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, 9000 N. Ocean Blvd., in Myrtle Beach.
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this important and fun-filled event, which will…
In a series of head-scratching moves, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster stomped on the rights of women, made the state a less desirable tourist destination and contributed to the spread of a deadly virus. He made these moves with the help of Republicans in the state legislature. Though he claims these moves were to benefit…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of an ongoing series of social movement profiles by Dr. Jeremy Holland, who teaches sociology at Horry Georgetown Technical College. In this series, he will introduce contemporary American social movement groups focused on economic redistribution, identity equality, and public safety.
By Dr. Jeremy Holland
Millions of college students across the nation,…
In a recently released report, the United Nations issued an extensive study about the state of the environment. Its findings left no doubt that we must address climate change immediately, if not sooner. It also affirmed the long-held assertion that human activity is to blame for the sorry state of our planet. Labeling the current…
By Bob Gatty
The Horry County Democratic Party (HCDP) held its first community outreach event as part of its new Engage Horry initiative Saturday, June 26 at the Capture Child Development Center in Loris.
Among those attending were former congressman, Joe Cunningham and SC Sen. Mia McLeod, both Democratic Party 2022 candidates for governor, Trav Robertson,…
By Steve Hamelman
Gerrymandering: a seemingly benign, some would say goofy-sounding, noun that belies the harmful voter suppression it represents.
Dating back to a scheme concocted in the Massachusetts legislature in the 1810s, gerrymandering is, in the words of Coastal Carolina University politics professor Drew Kurlowski, the “crafting of legislative boundaries for political advantage.”
In other words,…
These school children sang and danced to celebrate Juneteenth in Myrtle Beach. Photo by Mark Gaier. For more photos by Mark at the event, please visit https://www.flickr.com/photos/140923467@N04/albums/72157719440641019
HCDP Chair Alester Linton-Pryor attended the Juneteenth celebration Saturday, June 19, sponsored by Neighborhood Service of Myrtle Beach, saying it was a “unifying event,” commemorating the freedom of…
Horry County Democratic Party is launching an ongoing initiative ‘Engage Horry’ to register, engage, educate, and energize voters. And, search for, encourage and train Democrats who want to run for office in their cities and towns. HCDP’s goal is to engage with residents of communities within Horry County who feel underserved and under-represented. HCDP wants…