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South Carolina’s redistricting effort fails in the state Senate with GOP opposition

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The Republican-led South Carolina Senate on Tuesday voted against a measure to advance a new congressional map, ending the last-minute redistricting effort in the state for now

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GOP pollster reveals favored nominee for the 2028 Presidential race

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GOP pollster reveals favored nominee for the 2028 Presidential race

Republican pollster Sarah Longwell reports Candace Owens is repeatedly mentioned in her focus groups when voters discuss potential 2028 presidential candidates, surpassing conventional frontrunners like Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Focus group participants, including Biden-to-Trump voters, expressed strong support for Owens as a leader. One participant said, "If we would've swapped out Candace for Kamala, they would've had this in the bag." Longwell, a prominent "Never Trumper" strategist, notes Owens is frequently mentioned across age groups and partisan lines. Even as a non-politician, her appeal extends beyond the MAGA base, as evidenced by her recent podcast appearance with Hunter Biden. However, Owens has drawn significant controversy for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and commentary about fellow conservative Charlie Kirk. Longwell's Bulwark article, "We're Not Talking Enough About President Candace Owens," warns the political establishment is ignoring this growing phenomenon at its peril.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

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'Surprise rejection' hammers Trump as red state throws redistricting push in trash

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'Surprise rejection' hammers Trump as red state throws redistricting push in trash

South Carolina's Republican-majority Senate voted to stop a measure to push a new congressional map forward — an open rejection of President Donald Trump's demand for redistricting, according to reports.As early voting began on Tuesday for the already scheduled June primary, a measure to accept a redrawn congressional map failed in the state's Senate in a 20-24 vote, NBC News reported.The vote "was a surprise rejection of President Donald Trump, who had urged lawmakers to pass a redrawn map that eliminated the state’s single majority-Black district and gave Republicans a chance to win the seat," according to NBC News.Last week, the South Carolina House had approved the map and aimed to enact it for the midterm elections this fall.That changed on Tuesday, despite pressure from the Trump White House. Lawmakers had considered seeking another primary election for the districts affected by the new map in August, but some GOP lawmakers ended up changing their minds."Neither my conscience nor my common sense will allow me to stop an election that is already underway," said Republican state Sen. Richard Cash, who reportedly changed his vote citing the timing.Earlier this month, South Carolina Republican Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey said that a new, last-minute map could be "short-sighted," according to NBC News."I believe that our state is stronger with vibrant parties. I think we, as a whole, are stronger when we have a clash of ideas. I think that’s true at the national level. I think it’s true at the state level. We are stronger when we have a clash of ideas and we can discuss those policy goals," Massey said. "Republicans are stronger when the Democratic Party is vibrant and viable."

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Paxton’s estranged wife doesn’t endorse in Texas Senate race

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Paxton’s estranged wife doesn’t endorse in Texas Senate race

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) estranged wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton (R), on Tuesday shared her endorsements for various candidates in state races but remained neutral in the Republican Senate primary. Angela Paxton urged Texan voters on election day to join her in voting for Mayes Middleton, a state Senate colleague of hers and…

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Federal judges block Alabama GOP's 'intentionally discriminatory' redistricting again

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Federal judges block Alabama GOP's 'intentionally discriminatory' redistricting again

A federal three-judge panel has once again blocked Alabama from using its 2023 congressional map, ordering the state to use a race-blind court-drawn plan for its 2026 elections — and pulling no punches about why.In a 102-page ruling filed Tuesday, Judges Stanley Marcus, Anna Manasco, and Terry Moorer found that the Alabama Legislature "doubled down on racially discriminatory vote dilution" when it passed its 2023 redistricting plan — and did so deliberately."We again cannot understand the 2023 Plan as anything other than intentionally discriminatory," the judges wrote.The court ordered Secretary of State Wes Allen to administer Alabama's remaining 2026 congressional elections — including August special primaries — using the "Special Master Plan," a race-blind map previously imposed by the court that created a second district where Black voters have an opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice.The ruling comes after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the court's earlier permanent injunction and ordered the panel to reconsider in light of Louisiana v. Callais, an April 2026 decision that raised the bar for Voting Rights Act claims. The three-judge panel concluded that Alabama still loses under the new standard — both on constitutional and statutory grounds.The judges found zero evidence that the legislature acted for partisan reasons and rejected the state's attempt to use Callais as a shield. "Alabama cannot use Callais to legitimize its pre-Callais decision to double down on the discriminatory vote dilution that we and the Supreme Court found," they wrote.The court also cited the chaos that would result from forcing a map switch now. Alabama's elections director testified it would take a "Herculean effort" to redistrict voters in just seven days — a process that normally takes months.Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton, a Greensboro Democrat and plaintiff in the case, had warned the legislature it was on the wrong side of the law. "We're definitely going to be filing actions in the state constitution," Singleton said after the legislature passed its special primary election law last month.The court denied a stay, but Alabama was expected to appeal immediately to the Supreme Court.

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South Carolina Senate rejects Trump's call to redraw congressional map

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South Carolina Senate rejects Trump's call to redraw congressional map

The South Carolina Senate has rejected President Trump's push to redraw the state's congressional districts in hopes Republicans could gain an extra seat.

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Watch live: Vance holds roundtable on fraud-fighting efforts with state attorneys general

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Watch live: Vance holds roundtable on fraud-fighting efforts with state attorneys general

Vice President Vance will speak with a group of state attorneys general Tuesday afternoon as part of a roundtable focused on the Trump administration's anti-fraud efforts. President Trump said last month that Vance's new role as "fraud czar" will mainly focus on Democratic-run states, including Minnesota, which is currently under investigation over allegations of fraud [...]

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WATCH LIVE: Vice President JD Vance Holds Anti-Fraud Roundtable with State Attorneys General

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WATCH LIVE: Vice President JD Vance Holds Anti-Fraud Roundtable with State Attorneys General

Vice President JD Vance, Chairman of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Task Force Vice Chair, will hold a roundtable this afternoon with State Attorneys General to discuss the Trump Administration's nationwide crackdown on federal benefits fraud. The post WATCH LIVE: Vice President JD Vance Holds Anti-Fraud Roundtable with State Attorneys General appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Federal court blocks Alabama from using redistricting map

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Federal court blocks Alabama from using redistricting map

A panel of federal judges blocked Alabama from using a GOP-drawn congressional map that would eliminate one of the state’s majority-Black districts. NBC News’ Gary Grumbach reports on how the case could soon be decided by the Supreme Court.

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