Florida Senate Passes New Redistricting Map - 21-17

The state of Florida is about to have a new redistricting map that will likely give Republicans four more seats in Congress.
The map is now headed to the desk of Governor DeSantis to be signed into law.

Current Map

 Proposed Map

Here’s more from CBS News:
The Florida Legislature on Wednesday approved a new congressional map proposed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that aims to give Republicans four more seats as the party seeks to maintain control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
The bill now goes to DeSantis’ desk for final approval. The votes happened hours after the Supreme Court narrowed a section of the Voting Rights Act, which could result in Republicans nationwide working to redraw congressional districts with a majority of Black or Latino voters that tend to favor Democrats. At least one of the districts that DeSantis had redrawn was a majority Hispanic district in central Florida.
Florida is currently represented in the U.S. House by 20 Republicans and seven Democrats, with one Democratic-leaning seat vacant after Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned earlier this month. DeSantis’ proposed map aims to eliminate or shrink Democratic-leaning districts in Tampa, Orlando and parts of the state’s southeast coast.
The Senate voted 21-17, with four Republicans and one independent voting with all the Democrats.
The state House voted along party lines, with no Republicans opting to debate it in the roughly 90-minute session. Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon, who is challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, tried to interrupt the proceedings with a pink bullhorn to stop the final vote, but it went ahead anyway.
DeSantis posted on social media that the Supreme Court decision “invalidates the below provisions of the FL Constitution requiring the use of race in redistricting: ‘districts shall not be drawn with the intent or result of denying or abridging the equal opportunity of racial or language minorities to participate in the political process or to diminish their ability to elect representatives of their choice.'”
This is a great move by DeSantis and I’m glad he had the basis of removing racially gerrymandered districts in order to accomplish this, especially in light of today’s SCOTUS ruling.