Ron DeSantis' map sets up tension with Legislature over redistricting process
The decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office to submit a redistricting proposal for Florida’s congressional map may be unprecedented. But what will lawmakers do with the proposal?
Ryan Newman, General Counsel for the Governor’s Office, unexpectedly submitted a map (P 0079) for Florida’s now-28 congressional districts.
“We have legal concerns with the congressional redistricting maps under consideration in the Legislature,” Newman said in a statement to Florida Politics.
“We have submitted an alternative proposal, which we can support, that adheres to federal and state requirements and addresses our legal concerns, while working to increase district compactness, minimize county splits where feas...
