South Carolina's 6th congressional district

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South Carolina's 6th congressional district is a U.S. House district in central and eastern South Carolina that includes parts of several counties and is known as a heavily Democratic, majority-Black district.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
abbreviation SC-06 ⓘ
chamber House of Representatives ⓘ
containsPartOf Berkeley County, South Carolina ⓘ
Calhoun County, South Carolina ⓘ
Charleston County, South Carolina ⓘ
Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Dorchester County, South Carolina ⓘ
Florence County, South Carolina ⓘ
Orangeburg County, South Carolina ⓘ
Richland County, South Carolina ⓘ
Sumter County, South Carolina ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created 1873 ⓘ
currentRepresentative Jim Clyburn ⓘ
linked to: James E. Clyburn
currentRepresentativeChamber U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party ⓘ
elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
eliminated 1933 ⓘ
federalLevel yes ⓘ
hasCharacteristic heavily Democratic ⓘ
majority-Black ⓘ
hasConstituencyType single-member district ⓘ
hasIncumbentSince 1993 ⓘ
includesCity Charleston, South Carolina (part) ⓘ
Columbia, South Carolina (part) ⓘ
Orangeburg, South Carolina ⓘ
Sumter, South Carolina (part) ⓘ
isPartOf United States House of Representatives districts in South Carolina ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn central South Carolina ⓘ
eastern South Carolina ⓘ
majorityDemographic African American ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 1 ⓘ
politicalLeaning Safe Democratic ⓘ
primaryUrbanCenter Charleston metropolitan area (part) ⓘ
Columbia metropolitan area (part) ⓘ
race majority-minority district ⓘ
recreated 1983 ⓘ
redistrictingEvent redrawn after 1990 census ⓘ
redrawn after 2000 census ⓘ
redrawn after 2010 census ⓘ
redrawn after 2020 census ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
votingPattern strongly Democratic-leaning ⓘ

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Clarendon County, South Carolina → congressionalDistrict → South Carolina's 6th congressional district ⓘ
Orangeburg County, South Carolina → congressionalDistrict → South Carolina's 6th congressional district ⓘ
Bamberg County, South Carolina → isPartOfCongressionalDistrict → South Carolina's 6th congressional district ⓘ
Hampton County, South Carolina → isPartOf → South Carolina’s 6th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina's 6th congressional district
Allendale County, South Carolina → congressionalDistrict → South Carolina's 6th congressional district ⓘ
James E. Clyburn → represents → South Carolina's 6th congressional district ⓘ
Sumter County → isInCongressionalDistrict → South Carolina's 6th congressional district ⓘ
South Carolina's 2nd congressional district → borderedByDistrict → South Carolina's 6th congressional district ⓘ
Hopkins, South Carolina → locatedInCongressionalDistrict → South Carolina's 6th congressional district ⓘ
Gadsden, South Carolina → isInCongressionalDistrict → South Carolina’s 6th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina's 6th congressional district
George McDuffie → represented → South Carolina’s 6th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina's 6th congressional district