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Rep. Jim Clyburn, 85, is running for an 18th term in Congress
Rep. Clyburn, 85, aims for an 18th term defying calls for generational change in the Democratic Party and won his last election by more than 20 points, officials said.
- On March 12, 2026, Rep. James Clyburn, 85, announced at South Carolina Democratic Party headquarters in Columbia he will seek an 18th term and sign paperwork to qualify for the Democratic nomination.
- After an interview earlier this month, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged Clyburn to stay, which Clyburn said 'It made me feel necessary'.
- First elected in 1992, Rep. James Clyburn has served since Jan. 3, 1993, held House leadership roles including majority whip, and won 2024 by more than 20 percentage points while facing 10 Democratic primary challengers in South Carolina's 6th Congressional District.
- Remaining in the race makes him the last of his generation of House Democratic leaders still on the ballot and could serve alongside Rep. Hakeem Jeffries if Democrats regain the majority.
- Electoral threats include a GOP redistricting push and filing opens Monday and closes March 30 ahead of the South Carolina primary on June 9.
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Clyburn’s Daughter Will Have to Wait As Her Dad Decides to Run for 18th Term
‘We’ll Just See How Things Go’ A few days ago, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) told the Washington Post that his family was “split” about whether he, age 85, should run again. He said that he’d like his daughter, Jennifer Clyburn-Reed, to replace him. But as of Thursday, it’s full steam ahead as Clyburn announced that he’d run for his 18th term. As always when it comes to congressional geriatrics — and especially Civil Rights legends like Clyburn — thin…
Democratic Rep. James Clyburn To Seek 18th Term In House
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Democratic Rep. James E. Clyburn may have stepped away from his spot as the No. 3 House Democrat and the highest-ranking Black member of Congress, but with things currently looking up for his party, he’s not ready to leave the House altogether and has announced that, at age 85, he will be seeking an 18th term. According to the New York Times, Clyburn made the announcement Thursday at the party headquarters in…
On the 12th, Democratic Representative James Clyburn announced his intention to run in the upcoming November midterm elections, stating, "There is an unfinished task of pursuing a 'more perfect coalition' as written in the Preamble of our Constitution." Born in 1940, Clyburn is a political heavyweight symbolizing the Black community within the Democratic Party; having entered the House in 1992 and served 17 consecutive terms, he has now declared…
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USA TodayClyburn to run for reelection. Why it matters for the Democratic Party
Rep. James Clyburn, the state's only Democratic member of Congress and party power broker, said he listened to constituents in his reelection decision.
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