{"id":2601864,"date":"2026-05-12T17:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bid-for-south-carolina-to-join-gops-nationwide-redistricting-push-falls-short\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:45:31","slug":"bid-for-south-carolina-to-join-gops-nationwide-redistricting-push-falls-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bid-for-south-carolina-to-join-gops-nationwide-redistricting-push-falls-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Bid for South Carolina to join GOP&#8217;s nationwide redistricting push falls short"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbid-for-south-carolina-to-join-gops-nationwide-redistricting-push-falls-short%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>South Carolina\u2019s state Senate on Tuesday blocked a Republican-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-revamps-infrastructure-messaging-with-build-a-better-america\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Revamps Infrastructure Messaging with \u2018Build a Better America\u2019\">redistricting measure<\/a>, defeating it 29-17-two votes short of the two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-covid-19-hate-crimes-act-signature-away-from-becoming-law\/\" title=\"... Passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, Signature Away From Becoming Law\">-thirds majority required<\/a>. The rejection came a day after the state House advanced the plan that would likely have helped Republicans target the state\u2019s only Democratic seat, held by Rep. Jim Clyburn.<\/p>\n<p>The vote countered President Donald Trump\u2019s encouragement for the effort, including a monday post urging senators to be \u201cwatching closely\u201d and to be \u201cbold and courageous.\u201d Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, who opposed the measure, said the proposal\u2019s figures were unreliable and that pursuing changes based on a 7-0 margin was \u201cextremely risky,\u201d warning it could make outcomes worse.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar situation in Indiana, senators who resisted Trump-aligned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels 0,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group\">redistricting efforts<\/a> faced political backlash from Trump-endorsed primary challengers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"524\">South Carolina<\/a>\u2018s state Senate blocked a Republican <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"241\">redistricting<\/a> push in the state on Tuesday, with five Republicans joining Democrats to vote down the measure.<\/p>\n<p>Just one day after South Carolina\u2019s state House advanced the measure that would have likely enabled Republicans to flip the only Democratic seat, held by Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-clyburn\/\">Jim Clyburn<\/a> (D-SC), in the state red, the state Senate killed the measure by a vote of 29-17. The vote was just two votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4565459\/south-carolina-republican-redistricting-clyburn\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bid for South Carolina to join GOP\u2019s nationwide redistricting push falls short<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4565305\/cornyn-legislation-rename-us-route-287-after-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Cornyn introduces legislation to rename US Route 287 after Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4564944\/south-carolina-legislature-advance-redistricting-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>South Carolina legislature advances redistricting proposal after Trump encouragement<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The vote flies in the face of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s hopes after he encouraged the redistricting move and told the state senators in a Monday Truth Social post that he was \u201cwatching closely.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, a Republican, voted against the redistricting measure. Massey said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/matt____rice\/status\/2054255123916792252?s=20\">speech<\/a> on the upper chamber floor that the numbers in the proposal were not reliable enough and that the margin numbers \u201ckeep changing.\u201d He called the push for a 7-0 margin \u201cextremely risky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want Hakeem Jeffries as the Speaker of the House. I think the best chance that South Carolina has to prevent that from happening is with our current maps because we know what we\u2019re going to get. We don\u2019t know what we\u2019re going to get on the other side,\u201d Massey said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we start tinkering with this, my concern is that we can make this a whole lot worse,\u201d Massey continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had encouraged the state senators to \u201cBE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS\u201d and usher the proposal through.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4564944\/south-carolina-legislature-advance-redistricting-trump\/\">SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE ADVANCES REDISTRICTING PROPOSAL AFTER TRUMP ENCOURAGEMENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth Carolina Republicans: BE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS, just like the Republicans of the Great State of Tennessee were last week! Move the U.S. House Primaries to August, leave the rest on the same schedule. Everything will be fine. GET IT DONE!\u201d Trump wrote Monday on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116558478762586433\">Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A similar move in defiance of Trump\u2019s redistricting efforts in Indiana had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4559065\/greg-walker-stands-by-opposition-indiana-redistricting\/\">sweeping political consequences<\/a> for the state senators who voted against the move, with Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >endorsed primary challengers defeating<\/a> the majority of the state senators who defected.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC Senate blocked GOP redistricting after House advanced it; measure failed 29-17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2601865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/south-carolina-state-house-2024.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6571,6203,32504,16985,41960],"class_list":["post-2601864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elections","tag-gop","tag-political-strategy","tag-redistricting","tag-south-carolina"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/south-carolina-state-house-2024.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601868,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601864\/revisions\/2601868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}