{"id":251473,"date":"2026-04-29T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251473\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:05:11","slug":"florida-republicans-advance-desantis-gerrymandered-map-setting-stage-for-legal-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251473\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Republicans advance DeSantis\u2019 gerrymandered map, setting stage for legal fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida\u2019s Constitution strictly prohibits gerrymandered district maps, but that didn\u2019t stop Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday from releasing a proposed district map intended to boost his party<\/a> anyway.<\/p>\n

Of the Sunshine State\u2019s 28 congressional districts, the GOP already controls 20, but under the governor\u2019s plan, that total would grow to 24.<\/p>\n

As this week got underway, there were some questions about whether the Republican-led state legislature would brush off state law, discount concerns about diluting GOP-held districts too much and follow DeSantis\u2019 orders. Those questions received a prompt answer.<\/p>\n

Just two days after the governor unveiled the partisan map \u2014 sharing the proposal with Fox News before he shared it with policymakers \u2014 Republican legislators scrambled to approve it with minimal scrutiny. The Miami Herald reported<\/a> that the Florida House approved the gerrymandered map \u201cwith no Republican debate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just 48 hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his proposal for a new congressional map that could give the GOP four more seats, the Florida Legislature approved the plan. [\u2026]<\/p>\n

No Republican spoke out in support of DeSantis\u2019 plan during debate on Wednesday in the House or Senate.<\/p>\n

Careful scrutiny of an important issue it was not. Indeed, the GOP-led state Senate followed suit<\/a> just hours later, sending the map to the governor\u2019s desk to be signed into law.<\/p>\n

The remarkably fast developments come just one week after voters in Virginia approved a redistricting measure<\/a> of their own intended to help Democrats, as part of the broader arms race the White House started in Texas<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

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