Walid Hakim spoke at the Working Families Party convention this past Saturday. Afterwards, their members voted unanimously to endorse him for South Carolina’s House seat in the 88th district. Check out Walid’s speech in the video below. Upon finishing our…
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We have great news from the campaign of Walid Hakim for State House Seat 88. After learning of yesterday’s State Supreme Court ruling, we looked towards a path to stay in the race for Seat 88 and to serve the…
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Speaking on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story recently, Walid Hakim made the following statement regarding the May 1st general strike: “I encourage everyone that is non-emergency personnel to participate in the general strike on May the first. I believe that a…
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We recently received a letter from Donna S. Dewitt, the President of the AFL-CIO: Dear Walid: The SC AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) met April 10th and voted to endorse your candidacy for SC HD 88. We will be…
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Thanks to the good folks at ActBlue, we can now accept online donations for this campaign. Please consider giving whatever you can to help us take on Representative Mac Toole. You can share this link with your friends: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/walidhakim On twitter…
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Walid was on Al Jazeera talking about his run for office. He is the first interview in the segment, starting shortly after one minute in. Check it out and let us know what you think.
Salon’s Alex Seitz-Wald did a writeup of different folks who took part in the Occupy movement and are now running for office. The article focused heavily on Walid. Click here to read the whole thing. In many ways, Hakim is…
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Here is a quick biography of Walid: An eighth generation South Carolinian, Walid moved to Lexington with his family in 1985, graduated Lexington High School in 1989, and afterwards attended Newberry College. After the invasion of Kuwait, the country he…
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As an eighth generation South Carolinian, I know the challenges we face. I've seen our state struggling to recover from hard times that fell harder on us than most states. Representative Toole, following the lead of Governor Haley, continuously stood in the way of help for those who need it the most. I am running because I believe that Lexington deserves a Representative who will put people first... READ MORE AND CONTRIBUTE
