Buttigieg returns to South Carolina to court the Black voters who stalled his first White House run

Pete Buttigieg returned to Orangeburg, South Carolina, for a political speech, marking his first major return to the state since his distant finish in the 2020 Democratic primary. That previous poor performance among Black voters in South Carolina effectively ended his first White House campaign.

His current visit to the state comes as he mulls a potential second presidential run. By returning to South Carolina, Buttigieg is directly addressing the demographic group that stalled his initial White House bid, focusing his efforts on courting Black voters in the key early-primary state.