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Four years after serving as the chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party and the first African American man to hold the position, 47-year-old Jaime Harrison assumed the office of the chair of the Democratic National Committee with President Joe Biden's election. The South Carolina native has broken records for funding several times over and has pushed accountability among state parties with the "Every ZIP Code Counts" strategy. "Not all states are the same — what Alabama needs may be quite different from what Arizona or Alaska needs," he said of the strategy. "My team has been on the ground in every state doing an analysis of each state party to determine what each state needs to win elections. We’ve met with party staff, partner organizations and key allies to get a comprehensive understanding. And we’re reviewing with the state parties what is currently working and what could be working better to help win local, statewide and national elections."