Bid to remake maps before midterms and reduce Democratic voters in Jim Clyburn\u2019s district fails in state senate<\/p>\n
Republican lawmakers in South Carolina have defied Donald Trump and rejected a breakneck bid to redraw the state\u2019s congressional districts ahead of November\u2019s US midterm elections.<\/p>\n
In a 26-18 vote, state senators rejected mid-decade redistricting in a special session of the legislature, ending hope in Washington to split up congressman Jim Clyburn\u2019s district and add to the list of gerrymandered gains for Republicans.<\/p>\n
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