Five GOP South Carolina Senators Reject Redistricting Efforts
The Senate needed a two-thirds vote to advance the legislation to a vote.
The legislation to redraw South Carolina’s Congressional map fizzled in the state’s Senate when five Republicans joined Democrats to block its advancement to a vote.
The Senate needed a two-thirds vote to advance it.
The legislation fell two votes short.
South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R) claimed the state is “the most gerrymandered Republican state in the country already.”
Massey also insisted that the “attempts to draw a 7-0 Republican map might result in a 5-2 split.”
Former State Rep. Adam Morgan has encouraged people to call Republican Gov. Henry McMaster to call a special session.
🚨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
🚨Vote “killing” South Carolina redistricting was 29 FOR redistricting and 17 against.
Read that again.
29 senators support redistricting!
So how did it fail?Because Governor @henrymcmaster refused to call a special session forcing the Legislature to call themselves…
— Adam Morgan (@RepAdamMorgan) May 12, 2026
The House voted 87-25 to add redrawing the state’s Congressional map to a resolution outlining what the legislature can do when its session ends on May 14.
The idea is to make the state 7R – 0D. Right now, Rep. Jim Clyburn is the only Democrat holding a seat in South Carolina.
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This would be worth it just to get Clyburn out of office.
The current SC map is a racial gerrymander based on the VRA and, therefore, Un-Constitutional under the SCOTUS’ recent Callais decision (and, of course, the US Constitution).
Someone should sue to get the current Districts declared UnConstitutional.
Then, they’ll have to redraw them.
“Five SC State Senators Commit Career Suicide”
Fixed that headline for you.
After going 7 for 7 in Indiana, over a 1 District pickup opportunity lost because the State Senate would redistrict, I’d bet Trump goes all in on making sure these 5 in SC get to spend more time with their families.
It can be taken as a “given” that there will always be enough
Republicans to prevent Democrat defeats; especially on critical matters.
Subotai Bahadur
A rule of politics: the GOP always folds.
Wonder how much they got paid
when they get voted out there will be rewards for them … board seats …
the right people will take care of them.
Was it publicized much outside of Arizona when the Devil showed up at Kari Lake’s door to offer her great riches if only she would abandon her Senate campaign?
(BTW, the Devil turned out to be the head of the AZ GOP.) 😱
I now wonder whether some “Republicans” are actually democrats in disguise just waiting for the right moment to sink a Republican effort.
Last week I said the rhinos wouldn’t get rid of Clyburns seat.
The uniparty loves the fake fight with each other.
What if he’s right? He knows the conditions on the ground better than any of us do, so how can we know that he’s wrong?
This is always a worry when doing this sort of thing; in order to maximize your districts you have to spread your supporters thinner than they would otherwise be, which means the other side only needs a small swing to make serious gains.
What if he’s wrong? It’s not Mr. Trump that folds.
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