DeSantis to Call Special Session for Congressional Redistricting

Depending on the outcome of an ongoing Supreme Court case, lawmakers are expected to gather in the spring.
DeSantis to Call Special Session for Congressional Redistricting
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami. AP Photo/Lynne Sladky
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to call lawmakers back to Tallahassee next spring to redraw the state’s congressional district map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

“So we’re going to redistrict,” the governor told local news outlet, The Floridian. “The issue is that there is a Supreme Court decision that we are waiting on—the argument in October about Section 2 of the VRA [Voting Rights Act] that impacts Florida’s maps—so we’re going to do it next spring.”
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