<p>May 14 (Reuters) &#8211; Republicans in Louisiana and South Carolina on Thursday took steps toward installing new congressional maps aimed at eliminating one Democratic-held seat in each state, as a national redistricting battle expands further across the South.</p>
<p>In Louisiana, the Republican-controlled state Senate passed a new congressional map that eliminates one of the state&#8217;s two Democratic-held, majority-black U.S. House districts, paving the way for Republicans to pick up an additional seat in November&#8217;s midterm elections.</p>
<p>And in South Carolina, Republican Governor Henry McMaster on Thursday reversed positions and called for a special legislative session starting on Friday to consider redrawing the state&#8217;s congressional map, a move that would likely oust longtime Democratic U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn from Congress in November’s midterm elections.</p>
<p>Republican-led Southern states have raced to redraw their congressional maps after the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s decision two weeks ago that severely weakened protections for districts with significant minority populations. Tennessee and Alabama have also either split up Democratic districts or taken steps to do so.</p>
<p>The new round of redistricting is part of a broader national fight that is likely to give Republicans a major boost as they seek to preserve a narrow majority in this fall’s election, though Democrats are still seen as favored to win the House given President Donald Trump&#8217;s sagging approval ratings.</p>
<p>The Louisiana map, which was approved 27-10 along party lines, will next head to the state House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a more than two-thirds majority.</p>
<p>Republican Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry previously suspended the congressional primary elections a day after the Supreme Court decision and only two days before early in-person voting was set to begin. Thousands of absentee ballots had already been returned by mail.</p>
<p>Democratic lawmakers, civil rights activists, and voting rights advocates have criticized the proposed map for diluting the electoral power of black residents, who make up about one-third of the state’s population. The new map would likely result in Republicans winning five of the state’s six districts in November.</p>
<p>&#8220;This Senate should seek to support a map that gives everyone a voice,&#8221; Democratic state Senator Katrina Jackson-Andrews said from the Senate floor on Thursday.</p>
<p>Republicans, including the bill&#8217;s sponsor, state Senator Jay Morris, said the map was drawn solely for partisan advantage, rather than along racial lines.</p>
<p>The current map, which includes majority-black districts centered in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which found lawmakers relied too heavily on race in crafting the lines.</p>
<p>The new map includes only a single Democratic district that connects the two cities, which could pit the two Democratic incumbent U.S. representatives, Troy Carter and Cleo Fields, against one another.</p>
<p>In South Carolina, McMaster’s announcement came two days after a vote to extend the legislative session and consider a new map failed in the state Senate, when five Republicans broke with their party to deny the required two-thirds majority.</p>
<p>McMaster had previously indicated he would defer to the legislature. But Trump has pressured state Republicans to pursue a new map that would eliminate the state’s lone Democratic district, held by Clyburn, a black Democrat who is a leading figure within his party and has served in Congress since 1993.</p>
<p>Unlike the resolution that failed this week, any new map would only require a simple majority vote in both legislative chambers, which are dominated by Republicans.</p>
<p>The state House of Representatives has already advanced a proposal that would split up Clyburn’s seat while postponing the June 9 primary elections until August to accommodate the new district lines. Republicans hold the state’s other six districts.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Joseph AxEditing by Rod Nickel and Lincoln Feast.)</p>

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