Last year, the US Supreme Court sided with the state’s Republican leaders in a challenge over whether South Carolina’s Congressional map was racially gerrymandered.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a high-stakes case that could force the redrawing of the state’s congressional map. At the ...

"The congressional redistricting plan was extremely effective at entrenching Republican advantage in CD1," the lawsuit stated. According to election results from SC Votes, the Democratic candidate ...

When congressional maps were redrawn in 2021, South Carolina’s Republican leadership shifted Democrat voters out of Congressional District 1. In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the ...

Last year, the Supreme Court issued a decision in a case over South Carolina’s congressional map that restricted claims of racial gerrymandering, which experts said made such cases harder to prove.

It’s the latest challenge stemming from South Carolina’s last redistricting cycle, which happens every 10 years, following the US Census. Last year, the US Supreme Court sided with the state’s ...

But a case that will be before the state Supreme Court next week will decide which candidates appear on South Carolinians’ ballots to represent them on Capitol Hill. Next Tuesday, justices will hear ...

Next Tuesday, justices will hear arguments in a challenge to the state’s Congressional map, which was redrawn after the 2020 census as part of the state’s redistricting process.