Clyburn’s district stays intact as South Carolina Republicans scrap redistricting

Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., announces his intent to seek an 18th U.S. House term, during a March 12 event at the South Carolina Democratic Party headquarters in Columbia, S.C. Meg Kinnard/AP

The majority-Black district held for 34 years by South Carolina Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn will survive intact, for now, after Republican state lawmakers rejected a plan to redraw congressional maps.

South Carolina was the latest Southern state attempting to redraw district lines after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key section of the Voting Rights Act that protected majority-Black districts.

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