Effort to redraw SC voting lines fails amid record start to early voting

By: Jessica Holdman, Seanna Adcox

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: May 26, 2026

Words: 1,445

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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COLUMBIA — A GOP push to overhaul South Carolina’s congressional map ended Tuesday, as a record-setting start to early voting prompted Republican senators to abandon their support.

The 26-18 vote to effectively kill the bill requested by the White House included 14 Republicans.

It followed one of the chamber’s most conservative members taking the podium to explain why he could no longer support the effort, 12 days after the start of a special session …

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