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South Carolina Democrats expected to celebrate after failure of Trump-backed redistricting push
The vote preserved existing House districts and blocked a plan aimed at ousting Rep. Jim Clyburn, a longtime Democratic powerbroker.
- South Carolina Democrats are expected to celebrate their success after a Republican-backed redistricting effort failed in the state Senate.
- President Donald Trump supported an effort to redraw House district lines to benefit Republicans, but the GOP-led state Senate rejected this plan.
- Congressman Clyburn criticized the effort, saying it aimed to exclude Democratic and African American voters from the process.
- The state Senate vote against the redistricting occurred on the first day of early voting, with some senators citing that it was too late to change district lines.
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South Carolina Democrats expected to celebrate after failure of Trump-backed redistricting push
Democrats gathering this weekend in South Carolina are likely to be jubilant following the failure of a GOP-led effort to redraw House district lines more favorably to Republicans.
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