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George Chidi and agencies

South Carolina Republicans defy Trump again to reject rapid redistricting drive

Brandon Newton a Republican representative and Todd Rutherford, a Democratic representative, talk across the aisle in a legislative chamber.
Lawmakers during a redistricting debate in the South Carolina legislature in Columbia last week. Photograph: Jeffrey Collins/AP

Republican lawmakers in South Carolina have defied Donald Trump and rejected a breakneck bid to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of November’s US midterm elections.

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’s district and add to the list of gerrymandered gains for Republicans.

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