"We look forward to working with our colleagues and Governor DeSantis during the upcoming special session on a congressional map that will earn the support of the legislature and the governor and fulfill our co
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
The map confirms what the precinct data showed. Clinton made massive gains with Hispanic voters and suburban voters across the state. However, she lost big ground with rural and working class districts. Areas like Pasco and Hernando, once more light-red with a democratic base, flung hard to t...
Republicans now hold all statewide offices in the third-largest state and dominate both the Legislature and the congressional delegation. The GOP also has taken a decisive lead over Democrats in voter registration, according to the secretary of state's office. Fried said in a news re...
So he made the extraordinary decision to proposehis own congressional map— one that draws as few Democratic districts as possible. At first, the legislature justbrushed him offand pushed ahead with its own map. But DeSantisthreatened to veto it. So the legislatureproposed a compromisebetween De...
and ruled that at least eight districts had to be redrawn. On December 2, 2015, a 5â2 majority of the Court accepted a new map of congressional districts, some of which was drawn by challengers. Their ruling affirmed the map previously approved by Leon County Judge Terry Lewis,...
Right now, the “Clinton states” plus “Blue Wall” gets a Democratic candidate to 275-277 electoral votes (dependent on the congressional districts in NE and ME). After the 2030 census, it is very likely, if not almost assured, that number will be under 270 – maybe as low as 265....
The dispute is tied to the legal battles over redistricting. Lawyers representing groups that challenged the congressional map pushed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis initially tried to take depositions of current and former legislators involved in decisions. A judge went along and cited state Supre...
It’s not yet clear whether Uthmeier will get a clean path to the 2026 election or who Trump will endorse for the job, given that Uthmeier was the campaign manager behind DeSantis challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. GOP strategistJAMIE MILLERrecently said in ...
If Democrats were to capture control of the House of Representatives in 2018, they needed to turn Florida's Congressional Districts 26 and 27 from "red to blue." Voters in these two districts voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton over Republican Donald Trump for president in 2016, while handily ...