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  "path": "/post/209947/second-republican-governor-donald-trump-redistricting",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T14:29:10.000Z",
  "site": "https://newrepublic.com",
  "tags": [
    "Breaking News",
    "Politics",
    "Republican Party",
    "Donald Trump",
    "redistricting",
    "Gerrymandering",
    "partisan gerrymandering",
    "Supreme Court",
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  "textContent": "Another Republican governor is refusing to bend to Donald Trump’s demand to rig their state’s elections in his favor.\n\nSouth Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, a longtime Trump ally, is not preparing to call a special legislative session to redraw his state’s congressional map mid-decade, his office told Palmetto Politics.\n\nMcMaster’s office told the outlet that he had been in communication with the White House following the Supreme Court’s decision to gut the Voting Rights Act last week, but the governor’s office rejected the idea it was being “pressured” by the Trump administration. His office insisted that it was part of “ongoing coordination” with the White House and the talks were simply part of the “regular communications” the governor enjoys with Trump.\n\nShortly after the Supreme Court’s decision, McMaster suggested that it could be worth reviewing South Carolina’s congressional map, noting that it had been upheld as recently as 2024. “In light of the Court’s most recent decision on the Voting Rights Act, it would be appropriate for the General Assembly to ensure that South Carolina’s congressional map still complies with all requirements of federal law and the U.S. Constitution,” he wrote in a post on X.\n\nSouth Carolina currently has six Republicans and one Democrat in the House of Representatives.\n\nLast week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, another Republican, also said that he wouldn’t pursue mid-decade redistricting in light of the recent Supreme Court decision. Meanwhile, Trump has continued to threaten red states that refuse to rig their elections in his favor.",
  "title": "Second Republican Governor Rejects Trump’s Gerrymandering Wars"
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