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The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the State of South Carolina, one from each of the state's congressional districts.
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.
Toggle United States Congress subsection. ... 2024; State House elections; 2004; 2006; 2008; 2010; 2012; ... The 2024 South Carolina elections were held on Tuesday, ...
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ... South Carolina to hold 2024 congressional elections with map previously ruled unconstitutional ... The case hinges on South Carolina’s 1st ...
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.
South Carolina’s congressional map was upheld two months ago in a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision that said the state General Assembly did not use race to draw districts based on the 2020 Census.
2024 South Carolina's 6th congressional district election [9] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Jim Clyburn (incumbent) 181,948 : 59.5 : Republican: Duke Buckner 112,330 36.8 Libertarian: Michael Simpson 5,277 1.7 United Citizens: Gregg Dixon 4,925 1.6 American Labor: Joseph Oddo 1,055 0.3 Total votes 305,535 : 100.0 : Democratic hold
In the United States, all states with multiple congressional districts are required to revise their district maps following each decennial census to account for population changes. In 2024, most states used the same districts created in the redistricting cycle following the 2020 census, which were first used in the 2022 elections. However, maps ...