He Florida Governor Ron DeSantisplans to call a special session of the state parliament in spring 2026 Redesign voting maps. The measure sponsored by the President Donald Trump In red states like Texas, would change the distribution of districts to give the Red Party more seats in the United States Congress ahead of next year’s general election.
The measure would change the distribution of districts. From the new design, the Donald administration Trump would gain more seats in Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
Accordingly The FloridianDeSantis explained that this was intentional hold the special meeting vote on the law between March and May 2026. Speaking to this media, the governor explained that he is waiting for a decision from the Supreme Court on a section of the law that regulates the right to vote. From this answer it is clear plans to move forward with the proposal.
Regarding the date, the governor mentioned that it will take place “in the spring”, between March and June. He also announced a meeting with the state senator Ben Albritton to decide when is the best time to proceed.
As announced last September, Florida has one Commission consisting of 11 representatives to carry out Redesign of the electoral map. The body is guided by the Republican Mike Redondo and is visited by seven colleagues from the same partyin addition to three Democrats.
The first meeting is planned Thursday, December 4th. After the necessary meetings, the commission presents the new map that can be approved or rejected by Florida lawmakers.
Currently the composition of Sunshine State in the US Congress has 20 Republicans and eight Democrats. When the change pushed by DeSantis finally comes to fruition, the calculation is that it could Win five seats for the Red Partyas stated Politically.
The intention arose to generate new district distributions in red states at Trump’s requestwho wants to strengthen his legislative power in next year’s elections. In this sense diverse Allied governors advanced this measure.
The most relevant case is Texas, where Greg Abbott publicly supported the change. Although the Lone Star State Legislature approved this change, was the norm blocked by Judge Jeffrey V. Brown.
The plaintiffs’ argument was that racial criteria were used in drawing the congressional map in Texas. After several legal appeals The Supreme Court overturned Brown’s ruling, allowing the new maps to remain in effect until the highest court makes a final decision..
On his part Gavin Newsom In response, a similar measure was initiated Californiawith the aim of counteracting the additional seats that Republicans would gain as a result of the Texas map in effect at the time.
Especially Golden State put to the vote on November 4th Proposal 50what was approved by the population. This redefining of district boundaries Districts 1, 3, 22, 41 and 48 are affectedwhat would there be? Five additional seats for the Democrats in the US Congress.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures website, there are six states that have already agreed to change their congressional maps: