Subject: **Hillary Clinton to Visit the Palmetto State Tomorrow**
From: Adrienne Elrod <[email-masked]>
To: Adrienne Elrod <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 13:23:52 -0400

Friends -

Hope all of you had a great Memorial Day weekend!

Hillary Clinton will be making her first trip as a 2016 presidential
candidate to South Carolina tomorrow and as such, we wanted to share with
you a smattering of the grassroots energy and enthusiasm that's happening
on the ground.

Please see a sample of local news clips below, previewing Clinton's trip
below.

Thanks!

AE

*Here’s what South Carolinians are hearing: *

ABC News 4 Charleston - Morning News
<http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp?StationID=1725&DateTime=5/25/2015%206:36:31%20AM&playclip=true>

Hillary Clinton will make her first campaign visit to the Palmetto State
Wednesday. She will deliver a key note address to the House Women's Caucus
and the South Carolina women's council. A grassroots phone bank opened last
week in Colombia.

ABC Columbia – 6 PM Evening News
<http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp?StationID=1715&DateTime=5/20/2015%206:05:58%20PM&playclip=true>

The Clinton campaign is open for business in South Carolina. Happening
right now Hillary Clinton staffers are
celebrating the opening of the democratic presidential candidate's palmetto
state headquarters on Richland Street. Hillary Clinton is scheduled to
visit South Carolina next week.

WCCB Charlotte – 6 PM Evening News
<http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp?StationID=1775&DateTime=5/23/2015%206:12:29%20PM&playclip=true>

It's a block party for Hillary Clinton, a few dozen people, came out to
celebrate the run for President and, find out how they can get involved
in the campaign, this the last of the palmetto state and, should get her
pumped-up.

ABC Columbia – Morning News
<http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp?StationID=1715&DateTime=5/22/2015%206:05:32%20AM&playclip=true>

A Democratic presidential hopeful will have her sights set on South
Carolina next week. Hillary Clinton has a visit set for Wednesday, but
tonight her campaign is hosting a neighborhood party here in the capital
city. It starts at 7:30 on Killian Green Drive. Volunteers say the ideas
to share ways for the community to get involved in the political process.

Count on 2 NBC Charleston – Morning News
<https://youtu.be/iGNxEUwXCmo?t=1m18s>

Hillary Clinton's campaign hosting neighborhood parties across South
Carolina. It begins at 6:30 tonight at south Hampton community room.
Friends will meet with their neighbors to share their stories and get
involved in Hillary Clinton's run for the White House.

WACH Fox Columbia – 10 PM Evening News
<http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp?StationID=1705&DateTime=5/20/2015%2010:08:57%20PM&playclip=true>

The Hillary Clinton campaign is opening its first office in
Columbia. The 2016 presidential candidate will be in the state one
week from today. It will be her first visit to the state since announcing
her second white house bid. TheClinton campaign plans to host a dozen
neighborhood parties from low country to the upstate.

WIS News 10 Columbia - 10 PM Evening News
<https://youtu.be/iGNxEUwXCmo?t=53s>

The 2016 presidential election is less than 18 months away, but already
volunteers for democratic front- runner Hillary Clinton are making calls
try to drum-up support. The Hillary for South Carolina campaign opened its
first state office in Columbia this evening. It was a busy night for
volunteers making calls at tonight's phone bank, located on Richland
Street. Next week, Clinton will make her first visit to the palmetto state
since announcing her candidacy for the 2016 primary.

Fox Carolina Greenville – 6 AM Morning News
<http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp?StationID=2730&DateTime=5/6/2015%206:12:29%20AM&playclip=true>

Tuesday's launch is Clinton's first grassroots event, which is a
volunteer phone bank organizers say they're focused on sharing Clinton's
vision to build the south Carolina economy --and that Clinton will work
hard to earn every vote in the first southern primary [….] We're told that
in the coming weeks the campaign will kick off nearly a dozen house parties
from the Lowcountry to theUpstate. You like that, don’t you? Keep it
real. The good old house party.

CBS News 19 Columbia – 6 PM Evening News
<http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp?StationID=1710&DateTime=5/18/2015%206:07:35%20PM&playclip=true>

Meanwhile, the Hillary Clinton Presidential campaign announced that its
first office in the state with the grassroots phone bank on Wednesday.
The office
is located in Columbia at 1529 Richland Street. Mrs. Clinton will be
visiting South Carolina on Wednesday, May 27.

ABC Columbia – Morning News <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGNxEUwXCmo>

The campaign to elect Hillary Clinton for president has launched in South
Carolina. Campaign staffers hosted a house party in Greenville Saturday.
Supporters and friends were able to come out and learn how they could get
involved.

WSOC ABC Charlotte – Midday News
<http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp?StationID=1770&DateTime=5/13/2015%2012:10:48%20PM&playclip=true>

Hilary Clinton will visit South Carolina later this month […] Her campaign
in thestate will also hold grassroots events, including one in Rock Hill
in the next few weeks.

ABC News 4 Charleston – Morning News
<http://mms.tveyes.com/transcript.asp?StationID=1725&DateTime=5/14/2015%205:37:00%20AM&playclip=true>

Every vote counts. Hillary Clinton has pledged to work hard every day to
earn every vote. The democrat's South Carolina campaign launched its
first midlands grassroots eventWednesday. Volunteers held a phone
bank focused on sharing Clinton's vision to build an economy to help
South Carolinians get ahead and stay ahead.

WBTW Myrtle Beach – Morning News
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJxywpHLcM&feature=youtu.be>

With more presidential hopefuls announcing their candidacy, campaigning has
started across the county. In the upstate, Hillary Clinton supporters
started a phone bank. Addie Hampton reports: It's the first local campaign
event for Clinton voters.

*Here’s what South Carolinians are reading:*

Hillary Clinton to speak at SC Democratic women’s event in Columbia
<http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article22149219.html#storylink=cpy>

Jamie Self // The State

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is coming to Columbia on
Wednesday for her first trip back to the Palmetto State since her 2008
presidential campaign.  The former secretary of state will give the keynote
address at the third annual 2015 Day in Blue, the event’s co-hosts
announced Sunday.

Get ready for presidential politics
<http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/06/get-ready-presidential-politics/70911876/>

Greenville News // Dolph Bell

South Carolina Democrats, meanwhile, are anticipating the arrival of their
party’s presidential frontrunner, former First Lady, Senator and
Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton, whose campaign has said she will
visit the state this month, though details haven’t been released. Clinton’s
South Carolina campaign gathered volunteers for a phone bank in Greenville on
Tuesday and is promising nearly a dozen house parties at various locations
around thestate in coming weeks.

Clinton camps in Columbia
<http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article21183912.html#storylink=cpy>

The State // Jamie Self

Hillary Clinton has a home in South Carolina. The campaign for the 2016
Democratic presidential front-runner has opened its South Carolina
headquarters at 1529 Richland St. in Columbia’s Robert Mills District.

Clinton campaign holding house party in Greenville
<http://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article21162243.html#storylink=cpy>

AP

The campaign to elect Hillary Rodham Clinton president is kicking off in
South Carolina with a house party in Greenville. Campaign staffers
for theDemocratic presidential candidate are hosting an event Saturday at
Allen Temple AME Church's Community Room where supporters and friends can
meet and learn how they can get involved. More are planned for other
cities. Clinton is planning her first trip to the early voting state since
announcing her second White House bid on May 27.

Hillary Clinton opens Columbia campaign headquarters
<http://coladaily.com/2015/05/21/hillary-clinton-opens-columbia-campaign-headquarters/http:/coladaily.com/2015/05/21/hillary-clinton-opens-columbia-campaign-headquarters/>

Cola Daily // Allen Wallace

The race to be the next president of the United States is heating up, and
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday became the first candidate to establish a
South Carolina campaign headquarters […]“I knew I wanted to support Hillary
Clinton as soon as I found out about her campaign,” said volunteer Rachel
Catalano. Catalano is an Irmo resident, who is home for the summer after
her freshman year at the University of Virginia. She was one of the younger
volunteers on hand Wednesday in a very diverse group in terms of age, race,
and gender.

Hillary Clinton's Campaign to Open SC Office
<http://www.free-times.com/blogs/051915attorney-wants-light-sentence-for-pinson>

Columbia Free Times // Chris Trainor

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's Hillary for South Carolina
campaign is set to open its first South Carolina office in Columbia […]
"Hillary will work hard to earn every vote in the First in the South
primary and not take anything for granted," Hillary for America state
director Clay Middleton said.

Presidential Race "Lucrative" To Upstate
<http://www.wspa.com/story/28987535/presidential-race-lucrative-to-upstate>

WSPA // Addie Hampton

With more presidential hopefuls announcing their candidacy, you might
notice a rise in campaign stops in the Upstate, as well as grassroots
efforts. Tuesday marked the first local campaign event for the Hillary
Clinton camp in an election that experts say could be lucrative
for the Upstate. “They've been waiting 8 years for this,” said volunteer,
Meghan Meier of Greenville.

Hillary Clinton kicks off her S.C. campaign
<http://www.wyff4.com/news/Hillary-Clinton-kicks-off-her-S-C-campaign/32830754>

WYFF // Liz Lohuis

Days before a huge Republican summit in downtown Greenville, Presidential
hopeful Hillary Clinton kicks off her South Carolina grassroots campaign.

Clinton campaign officials promise 'different kind of campaign' in 2016
<http://www.live5news.com/story/28894709/clinton-campaign-officials-promise-different-kind-of-campaign-in-2016>

Live 5 // Nick Minock

Hillary Clinton is taking no vote for granted in South Carolina, according
to Senior Campaign Officials. In a phone call Friday afternoon, two senior
campaign officials with Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential campaign
said theformer U.S. Secretary of State will run a campaign that is
technology driven with an emphasis on “old school organizing.

Independent Mail Letter to the Editor: Clinton backs everyday Americans
<http://www.independentmail.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/clinton-backs-everyday-americans>

As a longtime Hillary Clinton supporter, I am more excited than ever to
support her candidacy. Already in her campaign, she is making it clear that
her priorities are education and supporting those who are not in the top
one percent.

-- 

Adrienne K. Elrod
Spokesperson
Hillary For America
*www.hillaryclinton.com <http://www.hillaryclinton.com>*
@adrienneelrod