COLUMBIA, S.C. - A state representative has moved back into a former home after lines were redrawn to include the property in his House district.

State Rep. Joe Mahaffey says his daughter has been living at $1.5 million, 14,000-square-foot home near Greer but he hasn't completely moved in.

Mahaffey, who represents District 36, had to move from the home in 2002 after court-ordered redistricting put the home in District 35. He moved into a more modest home in Lyman, saying at the time that he had been planning to downsize and would turn the old home into a private clubhouse.

The redrawn lines put Mahaffey's home back in District 36; the new line puts homes on one side of the street in District 36 and those on the other in District 35.

Fellow Republican representatives Phil Sinclair and Scott Talley, who represent Districts 35 and 34, respectively, agreed to the changes. The three legislators would not say whether the precinct trades were made to allow Mahaffey to move back into his old home.

"It was done to consolidate precincts, and I was one of the beneficiaries," Mahaffey said.