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LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 13: Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley participates in a panel discussion during the National Clean Energy Summit 6.0 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on August 13, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Political and economic leaders are attending the summit to discuss a domestic policy agenda to advance alternative energy for the country's future. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is in South Carolina to campaign for state Sen. Vincent Sheheen, the Democratic candidate for governor there.

O’Malley has a meet and greet in Charleston on Friday afternoon. The two also have a media availability scheduled.

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O’Malley says in a fundraising letter sent from his political action committee that he plans to do “quite a bit” more traveling this summer to help elect Democrats nationwide.

O’Malley campaigned for Sheheen last year, when he was the keynote speaker at a convention for South Carolina Democrats.

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The campaign stop brings O’Malley to an early primary state. The term-limited Democrat is considering a run for the White House in 2016.

While in South Carolina, O’Malley will be attending the graduation of his daughter, Tara, from the College of Charleston.

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