Trending Now - Desantis Approves Redistricting Plan That Could Boost GOP Seats
WHO:
Fox News - Rep. Jared Moskowitz stated he has "three seats I could potentially run in" due to the new map configuration.
Fox News - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new congressional map into law.
Fox News - Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, a Democrat, attempted to disrupt the approval of the redistricting bill.
CNN - Rep. Darren Soto, the first Floridian of Puerto Rican descent to serve in Congress, represents the 9th District.
CNN - Rep. Kathy Castor, a 10-term incumbent, currently represents both Tampa and St. Petersburg.
CNN - Rep. Maxwell Frost, the first member of Gen Z elected to Congress, holds the 10th District.
Florida Politics - Four Republican members of the congressional delegation announced they will not seek re-election.
WHAT:
CNN - The new congressional map reduces the number of Democratic-leaning districts in Southeast Florida from five to three.
Florida Politics - The new map has just four seats where a majority voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election, and 24 districts carried by Trump.
Fox News - The new congressional map could flip as many as four additional U.S. House seats to red.
Fox News - The GOP-controlled Legislature passed the proposal just days before DeSantis signed it.
CNN - The map targets Democratic seats near Orlando, in the Tampa Bay area, and in South Florida.
Florida Politics - The new map has just four seats where a majority voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election and 24 districts carried by Donald Trump.
Florida Politics - The new map could net an additional four seats for House Republicans.
WHERE:
CNN - The new map dramatically reconfigures Rep. Soto’s 9th District, stretching it approximately 150 miles south into rural counties and extending to Vero Beach on the Atlantic Coast.
Fox News - The redistricting map affects Florida's congressional districts.
CNN - The map dramatically reconfigures Rep. Soto’s 9th District, stretching into deeply red rural counties and extending to Vero Beach on the Atlantic Coast.
CNN - The map alters the demographic makeup of a majority Hispanic district in Florida.
WHEN:
Fox News - DeSantis signed the new congressional map into law on a Monday.
CNN - The new boundaries were approved just hours after a U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the reach of the Voting Rights Act.
WHY:
Fox News - DeSantis has cited the possibility of the Supreme Court further restricting how race can be considered in redistricting as a reason for pursuing the new map.
Fox News - DeSantis and Republican allies cited Florida’s population growth as justification for redrawing the map.
CNN - DeSantis used the pending Supreme Court decision as justification for pursuing mid-decade redistricting.
HOW:
Florida Politics - The new map was drafted over the course of two weeks ahead of a Special Session of the Legislature.
Florida Politics - The Governor’s Office drafted the map over the course of two weeks ahead of a Special Session of the Legislature.
Fox News - The new map was drawn in a "race neutral" manner, according to DeSantis' office.
(UPDATED May 4, 2026 21:19 UTC)
In a significant change to Florida's political landscape, the new congressional map reduces the number of Democratic-leaning districts in Southeast Florida from five to three, with only four seats where a majority voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election. Representative Jared Moskowitz has indicated he has "three seats I could potentially run in" due to this new configuration, which also dramatically reconfigures Rep. Soto’s 9th District, stretching it approximately 150 miles south into rural counties and extending to Vero Beach on the Atlantic Coast. Governor DeSantis has cited the potential for the Supreme Court to further restrict how race can be considered in redistricting as a reason for pursuing this new map, which was drafted over the course of two weeks ahead of a Special Session of the Legislature.
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(UPDATED May 4, 2026 19:23 UTC)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a new congressional map into law that could potentially flip up to four additional U.S. House seats to Republican control. The map, which was approved by the GOP-controlled Legislature just days before the signing, dramatically reconfigures several districts, including Rep. Darren Soto’s 9th District, and targets Democratic seats in key areas like Orlando and South Florida. DeSantis and his allies justified the redistricting by citing Florida's population growth and a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the reach of the Voting Rights Act.