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<\/p>\nTALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his proposal for new congressional maps on Monday.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his proposal for new congressional maps on Monday
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The reveal comes as lawmakers in Tallahassee prepare for a special session geared toward considering and voting on that map
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If approved, the new map could potentially give Republicans an advantage in Florida\u2019s U.S. House races this November
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The potential redraw most notably shifts the borders of congressional districts largely in Orlando, Tampa and South Florida<\/p>\n
The reveal comes as lawmakers in Tallahassee prepare for a special session geared toward considering and voting on that map. If approved, the new map could potentially give Republicans an advantage in Florida\u2019s U.S. House races this November.<\/p>\n
Mid-decade redistricting is unprecedented ahead of an election in Florida. And when it is done, it\u2019s typically a process led by lawmakers themselves.<\/p>\n
But DeSantis is forging ahead with new congressional maps, and he\u2019s daring anyone, even the leading Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, to try him.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease be my guest. I will pay for you to come down to Florida and campaign,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n
The proposed map could potentially help the GOP win as many as four additional seats in Florida.<\/p>\n
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The state maps as proposed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Office of the Governor)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an effort that is making waves in Washington and could draw a legal challenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur message to Florida Republicans is: f around and find out,\u201d House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.<\/p>\n
Last year, President Donald Trump urged GOP states to redraw congressional maps ahead of the November 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n
Since then, a number of states, some led by Republicans and others led by Democrats, have responded, with control of the U.S. House at stake.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s plain as day. It\u2019s clear that the only reason these new maps for Congress are being redrawn mid-decade are for partisan reasons,\u201d UCF political science professor Aubrey Jewett said.<\/p>\n
Up for debate is Florida\u2019s Fair Districts amendment. It was approved by voters in 2010, and it bans partisan gerrymandering.<\/p>\n
Republicans argue that the law no longer applies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Supremacy Clause of the Constitution means that when there is a conflict between federal constitutional provisions and state constitutional provisions, I think the federal government wins,\u201d State Sen. Don Gaetz said.<\/p>\n
Democrats, like State Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, say it is the reason that Florida should not go down the same path those other states have.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt might be OK in California and it might be OK in Texas, but in Florida, partisan gerrymandering to favor one party over another is completely illegal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The potential redraw most notably shifts the borders of congressional districts largely in Orlando, Tampa and South Florida.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers will be in Tallahassee starting Tuesday afternoon to discuss and eventually vote on the proposed map.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his proposal for new congressional maps on Monday. What You Need…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3140,6074,28,2203,2287,115,139,20453,99,232,234,233,135,835],"class_list":["post-249534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-app-local-state-politics","tag-capital-connection","tag-florida","tag-jason-delgado","tag-local-politics","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-phillip-stucky","tag-politics","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-tampa","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249534","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=249534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}