Lucas to leave as SC speaker at end of session in May
Lucas announced last month he wouldn’t run for reelection for a 13th term to the House.
Lucas announced last month he wouldn’t run for reelection for a 13th term to the House.
South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas has announced he will not be running for re-election.
The South Carolina House will return to Columbia to meet in a special session about redistricting in early December. House Speaker Jay Lucas said the House will first meet at 2 p.m. Dec. 1 with the primary focus on approving the new state House, Senate and U.S. House districts based on 2020 U.S. Census data.
Republicans in the South Carolina House plan to meet as soon as they can to figure out how to fight back against President Joe Biden’s order that all larger businesses require their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
South Carolina’s House Speaker wants to make what he says is an important change in the state’s election system before it gets tested by a close or controversial election.