The South Carolina Senate nixed a proposal backed by President Donald Trump to enact more Republican-friendly congressional lines for the 2026 election.
Republican lawmakers expressed concerns that voting had already begun for this year’s primary under the state’s existing map.
The GOP-controlled Senate voted 26-18 on Tuesday to “continue” the redistricting bill into the next legislative session, in effect killing the proposal. The chamber failed earlier Tuesday to invoke cloture, or limit debate, on the bill.
The unsuccessful effort is a setback for Trump and national Republicans, who have pushed GOP-led states to modify their congressional maps ahead of the ...