{"id":248509,"date":"2026-04-27T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248509\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:40:09","slug":"desantis-releases-new-florida-map-that-would-give-republicans-four-new-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248509\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis releases new Florida map that would give Republicans four new seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/desantis-is-requesting-a-role-in-the-trump-administration-report-florida-pam-bondi-todd-blanche-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> on Monday revealed a new redistricting map that would give the Sunshine State four more seats.<\/p>\n<p>If this map gets approved, DeSantis could sign it into law before the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Florida got shortchanged in the 2020 Census, and we\u2019ve been fighting for fair representation ever since,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ron-desantis-unveils-new-florida-congressional-map-would-give-gop-extra-four-seats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he said in an interview with Fox News Digital<\/a>. &#8220;Our population has since grown dramatically, and we have moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage. Drawing maps based on race, which is reflected in our current congressional districts, is unconstitutional and should be prohibited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The releasing of the map comes the week after Virginia voters approved a referendum to redraw the state\u2019s congressional maps, which eliminate four GOP seats in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether to block the new map.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/desantis-jeffries-get-into-feud-over-florida-redistricting-as-midterms-approach-2026-virginia-gop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> last week told DeSantis to \u201cF around and find out\u201d if he tries to go through with redistricting.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis told Fox News Digital that the new map represents Florida more fairly.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our new map for 2026 makes good on my promise to conduct mid-decade redistricting, and it more fairly represents the makeup of Florida today,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday revealed a new redistricting map that would give&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-248509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}