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Former DNC, SC Democratic Party chairman Don Fowler dies at 85
From the page source, "datePublished": "2020-12-15 23:15", "dateCreated": "2020-12-15 23:15", so this could have gone in LBN. I thought it more of a South Carolina story than a national story.
Former DNC, SC Democratic Party chairman Don Fowler dies at 85
By Jamie Lovegrove jlovegrove@postandcourier.com Dec 15, 2020 Updated 1 hr ago
COLUMBIA — Don Fowler, the longtime South Carolina Democratic stalwart who chaired the state party when Dick Riley was elected governor in 1978 and the national party when Bill Clinton was reelected president in 1996, died Tuesday after a battle with leukemia. He was 85.
His passing was announced by S.C. Democratic Chairman Trav Robertson, who called Fowler “the Democrat’s Democrat.”
“When Don Fowler was your friend, he was your friend without question,” Robertson said. “He might disagree with you, but he was with you all the way. He loved South Carolina, Wofford, his family, his church and the Democratic Party.”
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In addition to his work in American politics, Fowler taught the subject at the University of South Carolina for more than five decades. A Spartanburg native, he attended nearby Wofford College, where he played basketball and baseball, before earning master’s and doctorate degrees in political science from the University of Kentucky.
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By Jamie Lovegrove jlovegrove@postandcourier.com Dec 15, 2020 Updated 1 hr ago
COLUMBIA — Don Fowler, the longtime South Carolina Democratic stalwart who chaired the state party when Dick Riley was elected governor in 1978 and the national party when Bill Clinton was reelected president in 1996, died Tuesday after a battle with leukemia. He was 85.
His passing was announced by S.C. Democratic Chairman Trav Robertson, who called Fowler “the Democrat’s Democrat.”
“When Don Fowler was your friend, he was your friend without question,” Robertson said. “He might disagree with you, but he was with you all the way. He loved South Carolina, Wofford, his family, his church and the Democratic Party.”
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In addition to his work in American politics, Fowler taught the subject at the University of South Carolina for more than five decades. A Spartanburg native, he attended nearby Wofford College, where he played basketball and baseball, before earning master’s and doctorate degrees in political science from the University of Kentucky.
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