Huntsman Plans S.C. Tour Next Week

GOP Presidential Primary candidate Jon Huntsman will be crossing South Carolina over three days next week.

A former Utah governor and former ambassador to China, Huntsman made headlines in South Carolina soon after his entrance in the race. He hired key Palmetto State consultants and received endorsements from former Attorney General Henry McMaster, current Attorney General Alan Wilson and the family of Gov. Carroll Campbell.

But the campaign has struggled to find success here and in other states, and has recently focused almost all of its attention on the make-or-break New Hampshire primary.

Huntsman's trip to S.C. will begin with a Presidential Town Hall hosted by state Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) at 2 p.m. Wednesday at The Pavilion at Sun City in Bluffton.

He'll then head up to Charleston to speak at the College of Charleston as part of the school's Bully Pulpit series. That event will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Randolph Hall Auditorium at 66 George Street, downtown.

Thursday morning, Huntsman will headline  at 8 a.m. at The Marina Inn at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach.

Then, it's off to Spartanburg to participate in a Converse College Presidential Forum at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Harness Auditorium at Carmichael Hall, 580 East Main Street, Spartanburg.

On Friday, Huntsman finishes the trip with a town hall hosted by the York County GOP and Winthrop University. The 8 a.m. event will be in McBryde Hall at 695 Scholars Walk, Rock Hill.