South Carolina House Passes Redistricting Map Targeting Rep. Clyburn’s District

The state Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on the proposed congressional map on May 20.

The state Capitol building in Columbia, S.C., on June 24, 2009. Davis Turner/Getty Images

The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a new U.S. congressional map on May 20 that could eliminate the only Democratic seat in the state.

The Republican-led state House passed the bill 74–37 in the early morning hours on Wednesday. The legislation, which would likely push out long-serving Democrat Rep. James Clyburn, moves to the GOP-majority state Senate.