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Redistricting push stalls
South Carolina Senate rejects Trump's House map while early primary voting puts voters and Clyburn's district in play
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South Carolina's Senate rejected a Trump-backed push to redraw congressional maps after early voting had begun, while a federal panel in Alabama blocked a GOP map that would remove one Black-majority district. The next tests are Alabama's Supreme Court appeal path and South Carolina's June 9 primary.
- Frame 1South Carolina Senate rejects Trump's House map while early primary voting puts voters and Clyburn's district in play.
- Frame 2The plan would cancel primaries and redraw Jim Clyburn's district to help Republicans gain a seat.
- Frame 3Republican Sen. Richard Cash said he would not stop an election South Carolinians had already started.
- Frame 4In Alabama, a three-judge federal panel blocked a GOP map that would cut one Black-majority district.
- Frame 5Alabama Republicans said they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, keeping the map fight alive.
- Frame 6Next pressure point: Alabama's appeal and South Carolina's June 9 primary test midterm map rewrites.
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- May 26, 8:08 PM EDT
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