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On May 23, 2024, the Supreme Court—in a 6–3 decision—ruled the 1st district lines were constitutional, reversing the District of South Carolina's original ruling and officially allowing the current congressional map to be used for and past the 2024 elections.
The district is mostly rural, but much of the economy revolves around the manufacturing centers of Anderson and Greenwood. Clemson University, the state's second largest by enrollment, is also in the district. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+21, it is the most Republican district in South Carolina. [2]
The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections.
District Years Electoral history D. Wyatt Aiken: Democratic: 3rd: March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887 Elected in 1876. Retired. William Aiken, Jr. Democratic: 6th: March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 2nd district. 2nd: March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1853. Retired ...
As part of the court case, Alexander vs. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the NAACP challenged the legality of the legislative districts enacted by the South Carolina state legislature for the 2022 South Carolina House of Representatives Election by calling the enacted legislative map a racial gerrymander in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Veteran, educator, and businessman Clemson Turregano has announced that he will seek the South Carolina House of Representatives District 33 seat, currently held by Republican Travis Moore.
These are tables of congressional delegations from South Carolina to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The current dean of the South Carolina delegation is Representative Jim Clyburn (SC-6) , having served in the House since 1993.
The House District 40 race was one of eight races in South Carolina’s Tuesday primary runoff. ... leaving Johns with nearly 31%, but neither got past the 50% threshold, which forced them into a ...