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South Carolina Republicans Reject Redistricting

Despite being newly empowered by the Callais v. Louisiana Supreme Court ruling, South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate rejected moving ahead with a redistricting plan that would have likely unseated the state’s sole Democrat in Congress, Rep. Jim Clyburn.

On Tuesday, the state Senate voted by a 29-17 margin to allow for the General Assembly to work on redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections. This was short of the necessary two-thirds threshold, with five Republican senators defecting.

🚨BREAKING: South Carolina Senate kills Redistricting Resolution 29-17!5 Republicans joined all Democrats to kill it 👇Sean Bennett (Dorchester)Chip Campsen (Charleston)Tom Davis (Beaufort)Greg Hembree (Horry)Shane Massey (Edgefield)‼️Vote them ALL out‼️— Adam Morgan (@RepAdamMorgan) May 12, 2026

🚨BREAKING: South Carolina Senate kills Redistricting Resolution 29-17!5 Republicans joined all Democrats to kill it 👇Sean Bennett (Dorchester)Chip Campsen (Charleston)Tom Davis (Beaufort)Greg Hembree (Horry)Shane Massey (Edgefield)‼️Vote them ALL out‼️

Clyburn, who is black, represents the predominantly black 6th Congressional District. South Carolina was compelled by a previous interpretation of the Voting Rights Act to maintain the majority-minority district.

“We’re at the moment of our state where we have to decide: Are we going to be a Republic state or continue to bow down to the Democrats?” Republican state Rep. April Cromer told The Daily Signal on Monday.

Clyburn has been in Congress since 1992 and has distinguished himself as a kingmaker in national Democrat politics, as he provided a critical endorsement to Joe Biden in his 2020 bid for the party’s presidential nomination.

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It was a critical week for the redistricting effort.

In order to be able to work on redistricting before primaries, the General Assembly had to pass a “sine die” resolution to allow it to return after May 14 to redistrict. Otherwise, the Legislature was set to return to session in January. Governor Henry McMaster could........

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