South Carolina Lawmakers Advance Redistricting Proposal

South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a redistricting proposal that would redraw the state's only House district currently held by a Democrat. The House judiciary subcommittee passed the measure in a 3-2 vote. It now moves to the full judiciary committee for further consideration.

If the proposal is approved by the state legislature and upheld by courts, the new map would alter the 6th Congressional District, which has been held by the same Democrat for more than three decades. Republicans currently hold six of the state's seven House seats.

Success with the plan would give them all seven. The state's attorney general and other officials welcomed the subcommittee vote. One official wrote on X that the effort concerned fair and constitutional districts that reflect the state's population.

The lieutenant governor urged lawmakers to redraw the maps by any means necessary to produce fair and constitutional results. The action came after the president posted on Truth Social on Monday evening, saying he was watching the Tuesday vote closely.

The post encouraged state Republicans to act boldly. Officials had previously pressed for the change following a Supreme Court decision.

The Supreme Court ruled in the Louisiana v.

Callais case that states should have greater freedom to redraw political maps without prioritizing racial outcomes. The decision has prompted several states with Republican majorities, including Mississippi and Georgia, to move toward eliminating or changing race-based districts.