(CNN) – South Carolina is draft central.
The state that played a key role in the Draft Goldwater movement before the 1964 presidential election has already spawned two draft efforts this year aimed at luring Indiana Rep. Mike Pence and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie into the 2012 race (both have declined).
Now it's Sen. Jim DeMint's turn.
A group called Conservatives4DeMint has organized a "Draft Jim DeMint" rally for Saturday in the senator's hometown of Greenville, and two GOP members of South Carolina's Republican congressional delegation are lending some authority to the event.
Rep. Jeff Duncan will headline the rally, his office confirmed to CNN Friday, and organizers say that Rep. Trey Gowdy will send a letter to be read to the audience of DeMint supporters.
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