Overview

• On August 6, Norman formally urged the South Carolina General Assembly to use its Republican supermajorities to redraw the congressional map and eliminate the 6th District held by Jim Clyburn.
• Norman said the redistricting would shift the state’s U.S. House delegation from 6–1 to a 7–0 Republican majority and boost President Trump’s legislative agenda.
• The proposal revives debate over minority representation in the majority-Black 6th District, originally drawn in the 1990s and upheld by the Supreme Court last year as a partisan map.
• Norman’s call follows a similar effort by Texas Republicans and could trigger legal challenges and retaliatory redistricting by Democratic-led states.
• Clyburn, a Democratic kingmaker since 1993, condemned the plan and warned that Democrats would counter with their own redistricting strategies.