Marlon E. Kimpson is an American politician and attorney who serves as a member of the

South Carolina Senate The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives. It consists of 46 senators elected from single member districts for four-year terms at the sa ...

, representing the 42nd district. Kimpson attended

Morehouse College , mottoeng = And there was light (literal translation of Latin itself translated from Hebrew: "And light was made") , type = Private historically black men's liberal arts college , academic_affiliations ...

, graduating in 1991, and the

University of South Carolina School of Law The University of South Carolina School of Law, also known as South Carolina Law School, is a professional school within the University of South Carolina. The school of law was founded in 1867, and remains the only public and non-profit law schoo ...

, graduating in 1999. In additional to his role as a

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, he is also a lawyer at

Motley Rice Motley Rice LLC is an American plaintiffs' litigation firm headquartered in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. History Motley Rice was formed in 2003 by co- founding members Ron Motley and Joe Rice after the breakup of the law firm Ness, Motley, Lo ...

. Kimpson won a special election to succeed Robert Ford in 2013. In January 2020, Kimpson announced his support for the Joe Biden Presidential Campaign in the competition for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Kimpson was selected as one of seventeen speakers to jointly deliver the

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address at the

2020 Democratic National Convention The 2020 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that was held from August 17 to 20, 2020, at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and virtually across the United States. At the convention, delegates of ...

. On March 10, 2023, President Biden published his intent to appoint Kimpson and thirteen others as members to th
Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations
a Committee established by the Office of the US Trade Representative, part of the Executive Office of the President. Kimpson announced that he would vacate his South Carolina Senate seat later this year to take up the appointment.

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External links

Marlon Kimpson Senate page
at

South Carolina Legislature The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and t ...

* 21st-century American politicians Living people Morehouse College alumni Democratic Party South Carolina state senators University of South Carolina School of Law alumni 1969 births {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub Office of the United States Trade Representative