{"id":258379,"date":"2026-05-04T22:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258379\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:26:09","slug":"desantis-signs-floridas-new-congressional-map-into-law-lawsuit-follows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258379\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis signs Florida\u2019s new congressional map into law, lawsuit follows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">PEMBROKE PARK, Fla.  \u2014 Gov. Ron DeSantis signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/01\/a-look-at-desantiss-new-redistricting-map-changes-from-2022-to-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/01\/a-look-at-desantiss-new-redistricting-map-changes-from-2022-to-2026\/\">the new Florida congressional map<\/a> into law on Monday, and a lawsuit challenging its legality quickly followed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Florida\u2019s Republican-controlled legislature announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/01\/a-look-at-desantiss-new-redistricting-map-changes-from-2022-to-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/01\/a-look-at-desantiss-new-redistricting-map-changes-from-2022-to-2026\/\">the redistricting map<\/a> had passed on Wednesday. DeSantis announced he had signed it on X: <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSigned, sealed, and delivered,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/2051332545841660356\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/2051332545841660356\">one sign with his signature<\/a> read. The next said, \u201cPromise made, promise kept.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A lawsuit against it quickly followed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/05\/04\/florida-desantis-map-sign-redistricting-00905256\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/05\/04\/florida-desantis-map-sign-redistricting-00905256\">Politico reported<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/app.candid.org\/profile\/9903801\/equal-ground-education-fund-inc-83-4438498\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/app.candid.org\/profile\/9903801\/equal-ground-education-fund-inc-83-4438498\">Equal Ground Education Fund<\/a>, a civil rights group, and 19 Florida voters asked a state judge to block the new map.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related document: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04-Complaint.pdf\">The 71-page complaint<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe 2026 plan is, by traditional measures of partisan gerrymandering, one of the most extreme gerrymanders in American history,\u201d the attorneys wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-04-Complaint.pdf\">the 71-page lawsuit<\/a>. \u201cStatistics like this do not occur by accident. They are the product of deliberate choices, made by professionals with sophisticated tools and a clear partisan goal: to pack and crack Democratic voters with surgical precision and deprive Florida voters of a fair map guaranteed to them by the Florida Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The new map changed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/01\/a-look-at-desantiss-new-redistricting-map-changes-in-5-key-areas-for-democrats\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/01\/a-look-at-desantiss-new-redistricting-map-changes-in-5-key-areas-for-democrats\/\">five key districts<\/a> for Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represents the 25th congressional district. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">President Donald Trump pushed for redistricting before the midterms. <\/p>\n<p>Interactive graphic <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Sanela Sabovic\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/d5c3b100-ae4a-4c5c-aa.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Sanela Sabovic<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Sanela Sabovic joined Local 10 News in September 2012 as an assignment editor and associate producer.\u00a0In August 2015, she became a full-time reporter and fill-in traffic reporter. Sanela holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications with a concentration in radio, television and film from DePaul University.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Andrea Torres\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83a8effa-fc87-4940-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Andrea Torres<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0May 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. \u2014 Gov. 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