Democrats to hold a 2016 presidential debate in South Carolina

South Carolina will hold one of six sanctioned debates among 2016 Democratic candidates for president, the Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday.

No dates or locations were announced for the debates the start in the fall.

All four early primary and caucus states —including Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada — will hold a debate. South Carolina is scheduled to hold the South’s first presidential Democratic primary on Feb. 27.

Republican presidential candidates are slated to debate on Feb. 13 in South Carolina, a week ahead of the Feb. 20 primary in the Palmetto State.

No city has been chosen for the debate airing on CBS, though Republicans are looking at Columbia, Charleston, Greenville and Myrtle Beach.

Meanwhile, the campaign of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton will hold its first grassroots event in Greenville on Tuesday with a volunteer phone bank.

The campaign will hold nearly a dozen house parties statewide over the next few weeks.

The campaign has not announced when Clinton might visit the state for her first trip since announcing her 2016 bid last month.

This story was originally published May 5, 2015 at 12:50 PM with the headline "Democrats to hold a 2016 presidential debate in South Carolina."