In the 2024 election, the greater Columbia area trended toward the Democrats, despite Republicans having a supermajority in both the House and Senate at the state level.

Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing South Carolina on Tuesday. The sole Democrat in the state's congressional delegation, Clyburn is also its dean.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) received angry responses from both sides of the aisle over a message he sent “to my Democratic friends” late on election night. “Take a deep breath,” wrote the Donald ...