South Carolina governor calls for a special session on redistricting
Source: nbc
South Carolina governor calls for a special session on redistricting
Republicans hope to eliminate a majority-minority seat held by longtime Democratic Rep. James Clyburn before the midterms.
May 14, 2026, 4:55 PM CDT By Jane C. Timm
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A new map is expected to eliminate the state’s only majority-minority district, which is held by Rep. James Clyburn, a key Democratic power broker.
“I have issued an Executive Order calling the General Assembly back for an extra legislative session.........
McMaster initially chose not to set a special session, but he changed course after the Republican-led state Senate rejected a measure this week to extend its current session to take up a redrawn map, despite pressure from President Donald Trump.
South Carolina is one of a spate of Southern states rushing to redraw their maps to create more Republican-leaning seats after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted Voting Rights Act protections against racial gerrymandering in a major ruling last month.
Since then, Tennessee has enacted a new map that carves up the state’s lone majority-Black district, represented by Rep. Steve Cohen. The Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to implement a map with one less majority-minority district than it has now. And Thursday, the Louisiana Senate passed a map that targets one of the state’s two Democratic-held seats......................
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South Carolina governor calls for a special session on redistricting
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Republicans hope to eliminate a majority-minority seat held by longtime Democratic Rep. James Clyburn before the midterms.
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Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster had initially decided not to call a special session.Jeffrey Collins / AP
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