He's in: Democrat Joe Cunningham, former congressman, to announce run for SC governor

[TexasTowelie]

Source: The State

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Democrat Joe Cunningham, a former congressman from Charleston whose short but meteoric political rise made him an oft-cited example of how Democrats can win in deep-red states, will run for governor of South Carolina in 2022.

Cunningham’s candidacy will be announced Monday, a source with Cunningham’s campaign confirmed to The State newspaper on Sunday evening.

Ending months of speculation about his political aspirations, Cunningham now becomes the first major Democrat to seek his party’s nomination in the South Carolina governor’s race. Democratic activist Gary Votour of Columbia declared a bid earlier this year.

No Republicans have announced plans to challenge the sitting governor, Henry McMaster, whose 2022 reelection campaign has already begun.



Read more: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article248422385.html

[JI7]

1. I wanted him to run for Congress again

[FBaggins]

2. That could be tough

Obviously, it was a very narrow loss in a pretty red district... but not only will this be a "first midterm for a new president" election (which is tough enough), the state legislature will be redrawing the lines before the next election. I haven't reviewed the nuances, but there's every reason to think that they'll shift a little blue ink toward Jim Clyburn's district and prop up Mace's chances in the 1st.

Governor will also be a tough nut to crack, but he may be the best option