Legislators might try to redraw SC’s congressional lines. GOP senators caution that could backfire.

By: Seanna Adcox, Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 1,463

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — Five weeks ahead of South Carolina’s primaries, House GOP leaders launched an attempt Tuesday to redraw the voting lines for Congress.

“We will start a process to give ourselves options,” House Speaker Murrell Smith told reporters.

That starts with votes Wednesday on whether to add redistricting to a resolution governing what the Legislature can do after the regular session ends May 14. Adding to the allowed to-do list requires a two-thirds vote in …

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