{"id":7894,"date":"2026-05-19T18:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:02:32","slug":"south-carolina-republicans-press-toward-house-vote-on-congressional-redistricting-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=7894","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Republicans press toward House vote on congressional redistricting plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JEFFREY COLLINS and DAVID A. LIEB<\/strong><\/p>\n

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) \u2014 Republicans in the South Carolina House cast aside Democratic suggestions and objections Tuesday as they worked toward a key vote on a congressional redistricting plan that could give the GOP a shot at winning an additional seat in the November midterm elections.<\/p>

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The redistricting plan, urged on by President Donald Trump, would reshape the state\u2019s only Democratic-held U.S. House district to Republicans\u2019 advantage as part of a broader national effort to retain the party\u2019s slim House majority in the midterms.<\/p>\n

To buy time for the newly proposed map to be implemented, the South Carolina legislation would remove U.S. House races from the state\u2019s June 9 primaries and instead set a special primary election in August to select candidates for the state\u2019s seven seats. Some absentee and overseas military votes that already have been cast for Congress would be tossed out.<\/p>\n

Democrats objected repeatedly during Tuesday\u2019s debate. And Republicans repeatedly rejected their amendments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you all are doing is wrong,\u201d said Democratic state Rep. JA Moore, adding: \u201cYou can justify it, rationalize it, but it\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other Southern states have pursued a similar approach as they race to redraw U.S. House districts following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a majority-Black district in Louisiana as an illegal racial gerrymander and significantly weakened Voting Rights Act protections for minority districts.<\/p>\n

Louisiana\u2019s congressional primaries, scheduled for last Saturday, were postponed until later this summer by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry to allow time for new districts to be drawn.<\/p>

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Primary election ballots were being cast Tuesday in Alabama. But the state plans to void the results in four of the seven U.S. House districts and instead hold special primaries Aug. 11 for those districts under different boundaries. The revised districts could help Republicans win an additional seat in November.<\/p>\n