Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to reporters after speaking at the South Carolina Democratic Party’s Spratt Issues Conference, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
\n\nFormer Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, left, gestures as he speaks at the South Carolina Democratic Party’s Spratt Issues Conference alongside South Carolina Democratic Party chair Christale Spain, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
\n\nFormer Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg waits to be introduced at the South Carolina Democratic Party’s Spratt Issues Conference, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
\n\nFormer Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to attendees at the South Carolina Democratic Party’s Spratt Issues Conference on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
\n\nORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The last time Pete Buttigieg was giving a political speech in South Carolina, it was to mark a distant finish in the state’s primary that effectively ended his campaign for president.
\n\nReturning this weekend as he mulls a second run for the White House, Buttigieg set out to reintroduce himself to the state and the Black voters he struggled to win in 2020. The results were encouraging.
\n\nThere was a standing ovation in a…
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