SC redistricting push stalls in Senate, delaying map redraw ambitions

South Carolina’s Senate blocked a two-thirds vote that would let lawmakers take up redistricting after the session ends, complicating but not ending efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map. Trump pressured GOP leaders to move ahead, but Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey opposed the measure, and Gov. McMaster’s option to call a special session remains uncertain, making a year‑end redraw unlikely and helping preserve Rep. Jim Clyburn’s Democratic seat for now.