The Supreme Court has preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling the district discriminated against Black voters.
The state argued that partisan politics, not race, and a population boom in coastal areas explain the congressional map.
A lower court had ordered South Carolina to redraw the district after it found that the state used race as a proxy for partisan affiliation in violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
But that court had put its order on hold and had already allowed the state to use the challenged map in the 2024 elections.
When Mace first won election in 2020, she edged Democratic incumbent Rep. Joe Cunningham by 1%, under 5,400 votes.
The court’s decision led to a new map with a second district where Democratic-leaning Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate.
But combined with a substantial set of Democratic-leaning white voters, Democrats might have been competitive in the reconfigured district.
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The state argued that partisan politics, not race, and a population boom in coastal areas explain the congressional map.
A lower court had ordered South Carolina to redraw the district after it found that the state used race as a proxy for partisan affiliation in violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
But that court had put its order on hold and had already allowed the state to use the challenged map in the 2024 elections.
When Mace first won election in 2020, she edged Democratic incumbent Rep. Joe Cunningham by 1%, under 5,400 votes.
The court’s decision led to a new map with a second district where Democratic-leaning Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate.
But combined with a substantial set of Democratic-leaning white voters, Democrats might have been competitive in the reconfigured district.
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