Frederick Goodwin is in the news because South Carolina’s special-session push to redraw congressional maps has dominated the latest coverage. Lawmakers debated a plan that could change all seven U.S. House districts, delay the primaries, and affect the 6th District, but the effort was ultimately blocked when the state Senate rejected cloture and then voted to continue the bill, effectively ending it for this session. The proposal had drawn strong partisan and voting-rights criticism, and election officials warned the timeline would be tight and disruptive.