A Democratic Florida lawmaker is out of jail following her arrest Friday after she refused to leave Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office.<\/p>\n
\nRep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, had demanded a meeting with DeSantis on the state’s new congressional map<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n“I’ll wait on the governor,” she said, after receiving a warning to leave when the state Capitol closed Friday evening.<\/p>\n Rep. Angie Nixon, a Jacksonville Democrat, is doing a sit in at Gov. Ron DeSantis office in protest of the state\u2019s new U.S. House map that creates more GOP-leaning districts.<\/p>\n Nixon was given a warning but is refusing to leave. <\/p>\n The press got escorted out, so we can\u2019t see what\u2019s\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/iUJjrQIW2k<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Douglas Soule (@DouglasSoule) May 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n DeSantis called <\/a>her actions “performative nonsense.”<\/p>\n \nThe map creates four new GOP-leaning U.S. House districts.<\/p>\n \nNixon, who is running for U.S. Senate, accused Republican lawmakers of being focused on helping their party and President Donald Trump instead of helping Floridians with affordability issues.<\/p>\n ALSO READ: Judge weighs challenge to Florida’s new congressional map<\/a><\/p>\n \n“That’s why we’re here, because they rig those maps for him, and I am absolutely upset about it, and I won’t sit idly by without speaking up for hardworking folks that are struggling day-to-day,” she said in an interview with WUSF before her arrest.<\/p>\n \nOther advocates were with Nixon throughout the day. The Leon County court docket hasn’t been updated yet with Friday’s arrests and charges.<\/p>\n \n“We’re demanding that the governor come back and call for a special session to redraw maps and do them in the right way,” Nixon said.<\/p>\n She says the map violates state constitutional partisan gerrymandering restrictions. A Tallahassee court is considering legal challenges<\/a> to it.<\/p>\n \nThe day prior, on Thursday, she received a rare reprimand from a Florida House committee after using a bullhorn<\/a> to protest the final vote on the map.<\/p>\n If you have any questions about state government or the legislative process, you can ask the Your Florida team\u00a0by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This story was produced by WUSF as part of a statewide journalism initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Copyright 2026 WUSF 89.7<\/p>\n
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