Florida court allows use of new US House districts drawn by Republicans for midterm elections
The ruling leaves the Republican-drawn map in place as the legal fight continues and could help the GOP gain up to four House seats.
- The Florida Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the state's new congressional map in a 6-1 decision on Wednesday, ensuring the redistricting plan remains in place for the 2026 election.
- Republican-Led states are reshaping district boundaries to boost GOP advantages and maintain a slim House majority; under the new lines, 24 districts were carried by Republican Donald Trump in 2024.
- Attorney Chris Shenton, representing Common Cause, noted that 82% of voters in districts represented by Republicans remain in their previous districts, while just 41% of voters in districts represented by Democrats are kept in theirs.
- Justice Jorge Labarga, the lone dissenter, warned that with a filing deadline fast approaching, the court missed the opportunity to review issues of statewide importance, leaving the votes of even more Floridians at stake.
- Plaintiffs argued the districts are "among the most extreme partisan gerrymanders enacted in any state over the past half-century," while state officials maintain the map is "truly colorblind" for America's 250th anniversary.
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Florida Supreme Court Allows State To Use Newly Drawn Congressional Map
Source: Joe Raedle / Getty Well, the GOP has notched another victory in the ongoing redistricting battle. Florida’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the state can conduct its midterm elections using a recently redrawn map. AP reports that in a 6-1 ruling, the court found that the First District Court of Appeal (1st DCA) should consider the merits of the case before it weighs in on the matter. The lawsuit was filed by a group of voters who …
6-1 Ruling — Supreme Court Delivers Midterm Election Decision
Florida’s Supreme Court delivered a major victory to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers this week, ruling that the state’s newly redrawn congressional map will remain in effect for the 2026 midterm elections. In a 6-1 decision, the court rejected an emergency effort by voting-rights groups to block the map before candidate qualifying concludes and ballots are finalized. The ruling means Florida voters will cast ballots this November usin…
The Florida Supreme Court refused on Wednesday to suspend the use of a new electoral map that the state Republicans approved earlier this year as part of a mid-decade district redistribution initiative. Governor Ron DeSantis had promulgated the map in May, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a district redistribution case in Louisiana that the state's current Congressional electoral map, which includes an additional district with a black major…
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