Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is in the Upstate right now for a couple of days of campaigning and she vies for the Democratic Presidential nomination for the upcoming 2020 race. With South Carolina having the first primary in the South, the Palmetto state has been a popular stop for several of the 23 candidates.
Harris is expected to hold a town hall in Spartanburg this evening, then an Education Town Hall in Greenville as well as meet and greets in Anderson and Greenville. Harris is expected to continue to address her plans to increase the average pay for South Carolina teachers by 19 percent, a move she hopes will close the pay gap between teachers and other comparable professionals. Her spokespeople say that Harris also intends to discuss her equal pay proposal that would increase the annual pay for women.
Here's her planned schedule: