The Republican-controlled Florida legislature decided Thursday to start the process for redrawing the state’s congressional map to pick up more House seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections following Texas’s recent redistricting efforts.
State House Speaker Daniel Perez, a Republican, told lawmakers he is creating a select committee to consider drawing new districts seven years ahead of schedule.
“Exploring these questions now, at the mid-decade point, would potentially allow us to seek legal guidance from our Supreme Court without the uncertainty associated with deferring those questions until after the next decennial census and reapportionment,” Perez wrote in a memo.
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Florida Republicans already outnumber Democrats, currently holding 20 of 28 seats in their House delegation. The Sunshine State’s congressional map was last redrawn in 2022, when four
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