ORANGEBURG, South Carolina — In her fourth visit to the state this year, Vice President Kamala Harris reminded voters at South Carolina State University of their newly influential perch.

“South Carolina, you are the first primary in the nation, and President [Joe] Biden and I are counting on you,” Harris said, standing before a stage stamped with “First in the Nation.”

Harris’ get-out-the-vote rally on Friday — where she was joined by Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison — caps off the campaign’s first sanctioned Democratic primary contest.

The president is expected to cruise to victory here on Saturday, facing only nominal challenges from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and self-help author Marianne Williamson. But the contest still drew significant attention from the........

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