{"id":556,"date":"2026-05-26T19:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=556"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:08:41","slug":"gop-controlled-sc-senate-kills-2026-redistricting-push-despite-trump-pressure-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"GOP-controlled SC Senate kills 2026 redistricting push despite Trump pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina Senate killed a proposed congressional map for the 2026 election as thousands of voters went to the polls Tuesday, rebuking pressure from the White House to create seven reliably Republican districts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=555\">GOP-controlled SC Senate kills 2026 redistricting push despite Trump pressure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>With a record number of primary voters casting their ballots around the state Tuesday, the Senate\u2019s Republican supermajority could not muster enough support to limit debate and force a final vote on a new congressional map.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deadline has passed, voting has begun,\u201d said state Sen. Richard Cash, R-Anderson. \u201cIt is time to conclude the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Senators voted 26-18 to \u201ccontinue\u201d the redistricting bill and adjourned without taking up amendments or giving it a final vote, effectively killing the effort.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Twelve Republicans joined all 12 Democrats to oppose limiting debate Tuesday. On Saturday, only seven Republicans voted against invoking cloture, a procedure to cut debate short.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers on both sides of the redistricting debate said Saturday support for a new congressional map would wane once early polls opened Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>McMaster called the General Assembly back to take up redistricting less than an hour after both chambers adjourned for the year May 14. McMaster previously said he would leave redistricting up to the legislature and did not anticipate a special session.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=553\">13-year-old charged with hate crime, South Carolina sheriff says. Here\u2019s why<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The House passed the new congressional map after three days of debate last Tuesday. But it had a more difficult time in the state Senate, where more Republicans were skeptical of the last-minute effort and limiting debate had more hurdles.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Republican leaders in the House and Senate said the White House pushed South Carolina to try and redraw its congressional map and oust U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn just weeks before the primary election.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>But when early voting began Tuesday, senators believed it was too late to keep trying to redraw the congressional maps. By 1 p.m., 32,300 ballots had been cast in-person.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Clyburn, who voted in Orangeburg on Tuesday morning, told reporters before the Senate gaveled in he would have run in whatever district he lived. He encouraged residents to go out and vote early.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe voters, all them asking, what can we do?\u201d Clyburn told reporters Tuesday morning. \u201cVote early. Make them throw your vote out. And so that\u2019s what this is about. Vote early, as many people as possible, and I think they\u2019re listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=551\">First day of in-person voting sets primary record as SC Senate wavers on redraw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>This is a breaking news story and will be updated.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GOP-controlled South Carolina Senate could not secure cloture to approve a new congressional map, rebuffing pressure to create seven reliable Republican districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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