Florida House Approves DeSantis’ Congressional Redistricting Map – usanews.net

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ congressional redistricting plan, which may grant Republicans up to four new congressional districts, was approved by the Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday morning.

Lawmakers passed the measure with a vote of 83-28, which will likely flip four U.S. House seats to Republicans.

Rep. Angie Nixon, a Democratic contender for the U.S. Senate from Jacksonville, interrupted the voting by yelling that the map “was out of order.”

Later on Wednesday, the Florida Senate was scheduled to vote on the map. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding Louisiana’s voting map, which found that legislators there had unlawfully utilized race to create a new majority-minority district, prompted that chamber to take a recess.