{"id":253855,"date":"2026-05-01T12:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253855\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:13:09","slug":"florida-gov-ron-desantis-to-sign-controversial-congressional-map-as-soon-as-i-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253855\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign controversial congressional map “as soon as I get it”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> said Thursday he will quickly sign the new Congressional district map his office put before state legislators<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

Appearing at a groundbreaking for an interstate interchange in Ormond Beach, DeSantis replied that he will sign the controversial legislation (HB 1D) “as soon as I get it.”<\/p>\n

“This is something that we’ve been fighting for a number of years \u2026 the fact that we’ve had so much population growth and the districts are really not representative of where Florida<\/a> is today versus four years ago,” DeSantis said while at Destination Daytona in Ormond Beach. “So we had justification. “<\/p>\n

The Florida House<\/a> and Senate<\/a> approved the major mid-decade redrawing of the state’s 28 congressional districts Wednesday<\/a>, a move that could help Republicans<\/a> retain control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n

Democrats<\/a> and voting rights groups have also announced plans to contest the maps in court once signed.<\/p>\n

The House voted 83-28 on the changes expected to increase Republican representation in the Florida congressional delegation<\/a> that currently stands at 20-8.<\/p>\n

The Senate voted 21-17, with four Republicans — Sens. Alexis Calatayud of Miami, Ileana Garcia of Miami, Erin Grall of Vero Beach and Jennifer Bradley of Fleming Island — joining 12 Democrats and one no party affiliation senator voting against the proposal.<\/p>\n

The bill, though, hasn’t been formally transmitted to his desk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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