Trump returns to South Carolina as Senate race tightens

South Carolina Public Radio | By Gavin Jackson

Published October 29, 2026 at 6:47 PM EDT

President Trump returned to South Carolina - the second time in eight days. The amount of attention and money its U.S. Senate race is getting is raising questions about how red the state really is.

Gavin Jackson

Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He’s worked at...

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