The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday rejected the House-passed resolution to extend a legislative session to consider redistricting.
The newly-drawn Congressional map eliminates Democrat Rep. Jim Clyburn’s district.
The state Senate failed to reach the two-thirds majority required to advance the redistricting vote.
Here are the five South Carolina RINOs who voted to block the redistricting (for now):
Sean Bennett
Chip Campsen
Tom Davis
Greg Hembree
Shane Massey
This is not the end for redistricting efforts in South Carolina. Tuesday’s rejection just made it more difficult for South Carolina to redraw its congressional map.
BREAKING: South Carolina state senate rejects resolution to extend legislative session to consider redistricting, likely saving Jim Clyburn
Vote was 29-17
31 votes were required for adoption
GOP senators voting no: Bennett, Campsen, Davis, Hembree, Massey
— Matt Rice (@matt____rice) May 12, 2026
Politico reported:
The South Carolina Senate just made it harder for the state to redraw its congressional map, resisting pressure from President Donald Trump.
Lawmakers on Tuesday failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed to approve a measure that would have allowed them to take up a vote on redistricting even after the legislative session ends later this week. Five Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against the proposal.
Republican Gov. Henry McMaster could still call a special session, though his office has so far dismissed that idea.
The Tuesday vote doesn’t mark a definitive end for redistricting efforts in the Palmetto State. But it does make it less likely that Trump will get his wish of eliminating the state’s sole Democratic district — represented by the powerful Rep. Jim Clyburn — by this year’s midterm elections.
President Trump on Monday said he was watching South Carolina closely:
The South Carolina State Senate has a big vote tomorrow on Redistricting.
I’m watching closely, along with all Republicans across the Country who are counting on their Elected Leaders to use every Legal and Constitutional authority they have to stop the Radical Left Democrats from destroying our Country, including leveling the playing field against their decades of egregious Gerrymandering and Census Rigging.
South 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! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Last Tuesday, several RINO Indiana State Senators lost their primary elections – and Trump-endorsed candidates swept Indiana after Trump sought revenge.
Trump vowed to primary the Indiana RINOs, and he followed through with his threat.
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