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James Enos Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) is an American politician and retired educator serving as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina. He previously served as House Majority Whip between 2007 and 2011 and between 2019 and 2023.
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Feb 23, 2024 · Rep. Jim Clyburn has been a commanding voice in Congress for more than 30 years. But after a little more than a year serving as assistant Democratic leader, he's chosen to step down from his role...
Feb 14, 2024 · Rep. Jim Clyburn, a long-serving member of Democratic House leadership, said Wednesday he will run for reelection for his US House seat but will step down from his leadership position.
Feb 14, 2024 · Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., announced Wednesday that he's stepping down from his Democratic leadership position in the House — and a Clyburn protege, Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo, is planning to run...
Jul 28, 2022 · O n a sticky-hot night in the South Carolina capital, Representative Jim Clyburn takes the outdoor stage at his late-night afterparty. Clyburn—the 82-year-old House Democratic whip, maker of...
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- Clyburn is in his element,surrounded by the vast political network he’s nurtured. Brown got her start in a Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) training program Clyburn helped create; her boyfriend is Clyburn’s political adviser Antjuan Seawright. The entire afterparty—which will turn into a raging dance-off before the night ends—is packed people Clyburn has prodded into politics: local party officials,members of district executive boards,city council members from across the state,county auditors,coroners. “I thought politics was all deceitfulness,lying,,I didn’t want any part of it,” Anthony Thompson Jr.,a thin Columbian in a salmon-pink suit,tells me. “He made me see that you have to be part of the system to make change.” After training in one of Clyburn’s mentorship programs,Thompson now serves as second vice chair of the local party,started its first disability caucus.
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Feb 15, 2024 · Jim Clyburn stepped down Wednesday from his position in House leadership in part to spend more time working on Biden’s reelection campaign, according to two people familiar with his decision.
Mar 3, 2024 · Jim Clyburn, American politician, a Democratic congressman from South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives (1993– ). He was the second African American and the first South Carolinian to serve as majority whip (2007–11 and 2019–23).