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DeSantis and Florida Republicans push to flip four US House seats in what Democrats call a ‘dummymander’
The Republicans who control Floridaâs Legislature on Tuesday will take up a new map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to give the GOP an edge in four seats now held by Democrats â in what is likely the final maneuver in the coast-to-coast redistricting battle that has raged for months between the political parties.
The proposal targets a Tampa-area district held by Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor as well as an Orlando-area district held by Rep. Darren Soto. It also appears to redraw South Florida districts now represented by Democrats for Republican gain.
Florida Republicans currently control 20 of the stateâs US House seats. DeSantisâ plan is aimed at leaving Democrats with just four.
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Ron DeSantis releases new congressional map creating four more GOP-leaning seats in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday released a proposed redraw of the state’s congressional lines that, on paper, would create four new GOP-leaning seats — an aggressive proposal that the governor is using to try to challenge anti-gerrymandering language in the state Constitution.
The Florida Legislature is set to begin a special session Tuesday to consider the maps, which are overwhelmingly expected to pass out of the GOP-dominated body, though even some Republicans have expressed annoyance about how DeSantis has handled the process.
The map was first released to Fox News, which got a view of the new proposal before Florida lawmakers had a chance to see it. The release came in the form of a graphic that clearly outlined the political leaning of each seat in blue and red, which itself could cause legal heartburn because the Florida Constitution includes anti-gerrymandering language, known as Fair Districts, that prevents the use of partisan “intent.”
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