Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is set to headline a Democratic conference in South Carolina as he weighs a potential 2028 presidential bid, putting him in the early spotlight in the state that national Democrats recently selected to kick off the party’s presidential primary calendar.

Buttigieg is scheduled to appear at the event just three days before an expected runoff in the Republican Senate primary, giving him an early opportunity to engage with South Carolina Democrats.

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