Marlon Kimpson | |
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| Member of theSouth Carolina Senate from the 42nd district | |
| In office October 7, 2013 – May 11, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Ford |
| Succeeded by | Deon Tedder |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1969-04-15)April 15, 1969 (age 56) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Morehouse College (BA) University of South Carolina (JD) |
Marlon E. Kimpson (born April 15, 1969) is an American politician and attorney. He served in theSouth Carolina Senate from 2013 to 2023. He served as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations in theOffice of the United States Trade Representative during thepresidency of Joe Biden.
Kimpson attendedMorehouse College, graduating in 1991, and theUniversity of South Carolina School of Law, graduating in 1999.[1] He is a lawyer atMotley Rice.[2]
Kimpson won aspecial election to succeedRobert Ford in 2013[3][4] representing the 42nd district in theSouth Carolina Senate. In 2023 he was actively working to pass ahate crime law in South Carolina.[5]
In January 2020, Kimpson announced his support for theJoe Biden presidential campaign in the competition for the Democratic presidential nomination.[6] Kimpson was selected as one of seventeen speakers to jointly deliver thekeynote address at the2020 Democratic National Convention.[7]
On March 10, 2023,President Biden published his intent to appoint Kimpson and thirteen others to theAdvisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, a committee established by the Office of the US Trade Representative, part of theExecutive Office of the President.[8] Kimpson announced that he would vacate his South Carolina Senate seat later in 2023 to take up the appointment.[9][10]
Kimpson attended the 2024 Democratic National Convention as a Sixth Congressional District delegate.[11]
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| Preceded by | Keynote Speaker of theDemocratic National Convention 2020 Served alongside:Stacey Abrams,Raumesh Akbari,Colin Allred,Brendan Boyle,Yvanna Cancela,Kathleen Clyde,Nikki Fried,Robert Garcia,Malcolm Kenyatta,Conor Lamb,Mari Manoogian,Victoria Neave,Jonathan Nez,Sam Park,Denny Ruprecht,Randall Woodfin | Most recent |
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