Des Moines, Iowa — South Carolina Senator Tim Scott is in Iowa visiting with key Republicans about the 2024 campaign.
Scott has not formally announced he’ll run for president but has embarked on what he describes as a listening tour to determine what his mission will be.
Scott was scheduled to deliver a speech Wednesday afternoon at Drake University and Wednesday night he headlined a fundraiser for Polk County Republicans. Wednesday morning, he and Governor Kim Reynolds met with some of the students, teachers, and parents at a Catholic elementary school in downtown Des Moines.
Scott, a former member of the U.S. House, was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2013 by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Haley, who launched a bid for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination last week, campaigned in Iowa earlier this week. Scott has visited Iowa often since joining the U.S. Senate nearly a decade ago, most recently in August as the keynote speaker at Congresswoman Ashley Hinson’s annual fundraiser on the Linn County Fairgrounds.
Scott won reelection to a second full term in the last November with nearly 63 percent of the vote. He is the first black American to serve in both the U.S. House and Senate.
