Democrats point to SC’s early voting records in pitch to stay first in 2028

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: May 30, 2026

Words: 1,413

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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COLUMBIA — After record-smashing early voter numbers helped defeat a GOP redistricting proposal, South Carolina should at least remain the first state in the South to decide Democrats’ presidential nominee, the state’s leading Democrat and potential 2028 contenders said Friday night.

The pronouncements from U.S. Reps. Jim Clyburn, whose district Republicans sought to flip, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna of California, and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear came a day after South Carolina’s Democratic Party …

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