NBC News: South Carolina's Trump-backed redistricting push fails in the state Senate amid GOP opposition.
"Some Republican lawmakers expressed resistance to enacting a new map for this year’s elections with early voting for the state’s June primary beginning Tuesday."
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NBC News: "The Republican-led South Carolina Senate voted Tuesday against advancing a new congressional map, ending the redistricting effort in the state for now.
"The failed vote on a motion to end debate on the proposal was a surprise rejection of President Donald Trump, who had urged lawmakers to pass the redrawn map that eliminated the state’s single majority-Black district, represented by longtime Democratic Rep. James Clyburn."
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NY Times: Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters
"Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would likely cost Democrats a majority-Black district."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/alabama-congress-map-redistricting.html
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NY Times:
"A panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected Alabama’s effort to use a new voting map for the November midterm elections, saying that the districts discriminated against Black people and could not be used so shortly before a vote.
"Alabama’s attorney general, Steve Marshall, announced in a court filing Tuesday afternoon that he would immediately appeal to the Supreme Court."
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No call yet in the Republican primary in the US Senate election in Texas.
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From the NY Times:
"In the counties that have reported enough votes, Ken Paxton is ahead of their pre-election benchmarks by a 26 pt. margin."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-texas-us-senate-runoff.html
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Polls are still open in two Western Texas counties in the Mountain Time Zone, according to Steve Kornacki.
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The Associated Press and NBC News have called the Republican Primary in the US Senate election in Texas for Ken Paxton.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-texas-us-senate-runoff.html
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With 57% of votes counted, Ken Paxton leads John Cornyn by 25%.
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The Cook Political Report has moved the US Senate Race in Texas from Likely Republican to Lean Republican, following Paxton's victory in the Republican Primary.
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With more than 95% of votes counted,
Ken Paxton: 64%
John Cornyn: 36%
Paxton leads by 28%.
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According to a map created by the New York Times, Paxton won 252 out of 254 counties in Texas.
In contrast, John Cornyn won only 2 counties.
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Cornyn won Travis County, an urban county that includes the city of Austin.
Cornyn also won Kenedy County, a rural county where only 8 total votes were cast.
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Johnny Garcia has won the Democratic Primary Runoff in TX-35, a US House race that Cook Political Report considers to be Likely Republican.
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