Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will seek to energize activists at Democratic state conventions in South Carolina and California on Saturday.

At the Blue Palmetto Dinner in Columbia, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore spoke with Congressman James Clyburn about the parties’ serious need for results.

Potential Democrat presidential candidate Andy Beshear will have to mobilize his party after Democratic Sen. Robin Webb switches to the Republican Party.

Moore’s appearance in a crucial early primary state further fuels chatter that the nation’s lone Black governor could help shape the future of a beleaguered Democratic Party.