South Carolina Senate rejects redistricting push
South Carolina’s Senate has rejected a push from President Trump to redraw its maps in a way that would have eliminated the state’s only majority-Black district.
The district is represented by longtime Democratic Congressman James Clyburn.
Some Republican lawmakers argued it was too late to enact new district lines with early primary voting started Tuesday.
Meanwhile in Alabama, a federal court is temporarily blocking a plan that would eliminate one of that state’s two majority-Black districts.
For now, Alabama will use the same districts from the 2024 election, though the state’s Republican leaders are expected to appeal.
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