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Florida's mid-decade redistricting: Which Democrats may be at risk?
Now that Texas and California have completed their unusual mid-decade redrawing of the congressional maps, the next big prize is Florida.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has heeded the urgings of President Donald Trump and called for a special legislative session. The exact timing of when the map may be redrawn is unclear amid disagreements between DeSantis and legislative leaders.
DeSantis said he wants to wait “as long as is feasible” in order to give the U.S. Supreme Court more time to potentially strike down key portions of the Voting Rights Act. If the justices rule the way DeSantis wants, that could enable a more aggressively pro-Republican map because map-drawers would no longer have to protect districts with large numbers of minority voters.
If the U.S. Supreme Court rules that race can no longer be taken into account when districts are drawn, “it will give the Legislature much wider discretion on creating new maps,” said University of Central Florida political scientist Aubrey Jewett.
So, once it’s done, what could Florida redistricting look like?
Gov. Ron DeSantis has heeded the urgings of President Donald Trump and called for a special legislative session. The exact timing of when the map may be redrawn is unclear amid disagreements between DeSantis and legislative leaders.
DeSantis said he wants to wait “as long as is feasible” in order to give the U.S. Supreme Court more time to potentially strike down key portions of the Voting Rights Act. If the justices rule the way DeSantis wants, that could enable a more aggressively pro-Republican map because map-drawers would no longer have to protect districts with large numbers of minority voters.
If the U.S. Supreme Court rules that race can no longer be taken into account when districts are drawn, “it will give the Legislature much wider discretion on creating new maps,” said University of Central Florida political scientist Aubrey Jewett.
So, once it’s done, what could Florida redistricting look like?
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2026/01/24/congressional-redistricting-democrats-vulnerable-seats-republican-desantis/
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