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Thursday\u2019s vote was one of many in Southern states following the Supreme Court\u2019s recent decision to weaken the Voting Rights Act. <\/strong><\/p>

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Protesters try to enter the room May 8 in Baton Rouge during a public hearing on redistricting as Louisiana Republicans pursue a new congressional map ahead of the November midterm elections. (Wayan Barre\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Republican state senators in Louisiana approved a congressional map Thursday designed to give the party another seat, continuing the GOP\u2019s sprint to remake districts to protect its fragile House majority.<\/p>\n

The 27-10 approval of the map came as Republicans in South Carolina sought a path to redraw the districts there after a setback this week. President Donald Trump, who has said he fears being impeached if Democrats take over the House, has called on Republicans to give themselves an edge with new maps.<\/p>\n

Louisiana\u2019s map has been the subject of years of litigation that culminated last month in a Supreme Court ruling that watered down the Voting Rights Act. Republicans cheered the ruling for giving them a political advantage, while Democrats denounced it as a vehicle for diminishing Black representation in Congress.<\/p>\n

The proposal in Louisiana will next go to the state House, where it is expected to pass. That would bring to 16 the number of districts where Republicans have given themselves more favorable lines since last year.<\/p>\n

Republicans were blunt about their goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did want to maximize Republican representation in Congress to the extent I could,\u201d said state Sen. John Morris III (R), the lead sponsor of the new map.<\/p>\n

Democrats decried a plan that is expected to give Republicans control of five of the state\u2019s six congressional districts by breaking up one with a large Black population.<\/p>\n

\u201cI respect that your position is that we should have five Republican districts, but I do not agree that it\u2019s fair,\u201d said state Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D).<\/p>\n

Trump last year began urging states to redraw their lines to help Republicans keep their narrow hold on the House in the midterms. The effort picked up steam last month when the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act<\/a> and gave states a freer hand to draw maps<\/a> for partisan gain.<\/p>\n

The case came out of Louisiana, and Republicans there responded to it with their new map. Republicans now hold four of the state\u2019s six districts, and the new map could pit Louisiana\u2019s two House Democrats \u2014 Troy A. Carter and Cleo Fields \u2014 against each other.<\/p>

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Nationally, Republicans are on track to obtain more favorable lines in 16 or 17 districts. That compares to more favorable lines for Democrats in six districts. Not all of the districts are guaranteed for either side, and Republicans face a difficult political environment this fall as they try to hang on to their 217-212 margin.<\/p>\n

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Gov. Henry McMaster and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump attend an election watch party in Columbia during South Carolina’s Republican primary in 2024. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

In South Carolina, state lawmakers prepared for Gov. Henry McMaster (R) to call a special session so Republicans could adopt new congressional boundaries. Earlier this week, members of McMaster\u2019s party blocked an effort to give themselves one more House district in their favor.<\/p>\n

Republicans there have eyed redrawing the seat held by Democratic Rep. James E. Clyburn. Clyburn was first elected in 1992, becoming the first Black representative from the state in about a century. The longtime power broker played an essential role in securing the Democratic presidential nomination for Joe Biden in 2020.<\/p>\n

A contingent of South Carolina Republicans has opposed redrawing districts, and on Tuesday the state Senate thwarted a proposal<\/a> to extend the legislature\u2019s regular session to consider a new map. That vote gave Clyburn a reprieve, but a special session would <\/b>revive the effort.<\/p>\n

Republican opposition has been spearheaded by state Senate Majority Leader A. Shane Massey, who warned his colleagues on the floor this week that redrawing the map could backfire and result in Democrats winning two House seats instead of one in the state. He argued that carving up a district with a large Black population for partisan gain would infuriate voters and cause some state lawmakers to lose their races.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to motivate Black turnout, and there will be repercussions for that,\u201d he said Tuesday in his floor speech. \u201cThere will be Republican losses in the state House of Representatives because of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Tuesday\u2019s vote, supporters of redrawing the map needed a two-thirds majority. Four other Republicans joined Massey in opposing the measure, keeping the vote below that threshold.<\/p>\n

In a <\/b>special session, a new map would need just a simple majority, though Massey could use his control of the chamber to put up obstacles. <\/b>Trump has made redrawing districts a priority, and this year he backed seven GOP challengers to state senators who rejected a plan<\/a> to redistrict Indiana. Five of the seven incumbents lost their primaries<\/a> this month, and a sixth\u2019s race is too close to call.<\/p>\n

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Shani Glapion, with Stand Up Nashville, and Manaen Hall attend a Davidson County Election Commission meeting in Nashville this week on the Tennessee legislature\u2019s passage of a new congressional map. (Seth Herald\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Fights over political boundaries are expected to continue well past this year. In the latest sign, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on Wednesday called a special legislative session to redraw the congressional map there in time for the 2028 elections.<\/p>

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