A South Carolina Gerrymander Might Be Back on the Table; Maryland Dems Eye New Map

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling, more and more mainstream Democrats seem open to Court reform.

Asked whether recent events had created fresh pressure to redraw, Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) said “I think so.” It’s the latest tea leaf that the state may be the site of Democratic action. State Sen. Majority Leader Bill Ferguson (D) has seemed to shift on the issue, and U.S. House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) told reporters this week that Maryland has the best chance of redistricting before ’26.

South Carolina, meanwhile, may end up calling a special session on redistricting after all, reviving the possibility of Republicans pushing through a gerrymandered map that specifically targets Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D-SC) district. 

In Mississippi Wednesday, Gov. Tate Reeves (R) announced that he is canceling  a special session on judicial redistricting, but indicated that the state would redraw congressional districts before the 2027 election. “The tenure of Congressman Bennie Thompson reigning terror on the 2nd Congressional District is over,” he said.

Elsewhere, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) said that next week’s primary will still happen, but that votes in four districts wo;; be thrown out after an additional special primary in August. 

And, in Louisiana, the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced a gerrymandered map. The proposal now heads to the Senate for a vote on Thursday. 

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