HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WTOC) - A lot of eyes are turning to the 2026 election season.

On Thursday, one of the democratic candidates for Congress, Mac Deford, was on Hilton Head Island.

He hosted a town hall alongside former Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley.

This marked the third town hall for Deford and O’Malley this week and the second in Beaufort County.

Social Security is something millions of people pay into and count on.

“We have to help each other if we are going to succeed and say yes,” O’Malley said. “For those in the dawn of life and those in the dusk of life, every soul. That’s what social security is about.”

O’Malley, who was the commissioner for Social Security under the Biden administration, talked to people about some of the steps they took

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