Congressional Redistricting

Governor Ron DeSantis’ redrawn congressional maps that could give Republicans four more seats in Congress cleared committees Tuesday, clearing way for them to be approved as early as Wednesday.

The processes in other states have been explicitly political: each state looking to give their dominant party a leg-up heading into a consequential election season. But the state’s top Republicans say Florida’s redistricting is not prompted by politics.

The special session on redistricting, artificial intelligence and more has been announced to start on April 28th.

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Conversations around the effort continue to be centered on President Donald Trump pushing Republicans across the country to redraw congressional maps ahead of the midterms.

Florida leaders are looking at changing the congressional map, which already favors Republicans. Voting rights advocates call this dangerous.

The Florida House is set to hold its first Congressional redistricting committee meeting this Thursday.

The move comes as several other states are considering the process amid a push from national Republicans and Democrats who hope new maps could help their parties win seats during the midterms.

This comes as other heavily blue or red states are looking at their own maps in the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections and the anticipated fight for control of the U.S. House.

“Black Votes Matter” claims when the legislature passed the map, it removed a minority access congressional district in North Florida.