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Marlon Kimpson

  • FILE - State Sen. Marlon Kimpson fires up the crowd ahead of a town hall meeting with Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden on July 7, 2019, in Charleston, S.C. The Charleston Democrat, an early backer of President Joe Biden, told the Associated Press Sunday, March 12, 2023, that he is leaving his legislative post two years early to take an appointment in the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)
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    Kimpson leaving South Carolina Senate to join Biden admin
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    South Carolina State Sen. Marlon Kimpson is leaving his legislative post more than a year early to take an appointment in the Biden administration. The departure makes Kimpson the latest in a string of South Carolina Democrats taking positions in the administration as the state prepares to hold the nation's first Democratic presidential nominating contest of 2024. The Charleston Democrat told The Associated Press Sunday he would step down from the Senate later this year to focus on his role on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.