TALLAHASSEE, Fla.: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state’s congressional map and cut out districts held by Black Democrats, as Republicans take the unusual step of involving themselves in the redistribution process. Is.
The proposed congressional map, presented Sunday on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, shows the governor’s priorities as the state moves to redraw political maps in the coming months.
The governor usually does not present map proposals, but can veto district plans after they are passed in the state house. DeSantis, who is running for re-election and considered a potential 2024 presidential nominee, has largely shaped the legislative agenda this year in the Republican-controlled Statehouse. His office did not immediately return an emailed request for comment on the map.
Among other things, the proposal would destroy the North Florida district held by U.S. Representative Al Lawson, a Democrat, and break up the South Florida district, formerly held by U.S. Representative Alsie Hastings, another Democrat. Under the governor’s plan, a St. Petersburg district hosted by Democratic US Representative Charlie Crist would also be created.
Democrats were quick to criticize the governor’s proposed map, suggesting it may not pass as legally as it is currently drafted.
From what I can tell, the governor drew up his own maps on Martin Luther King Day without any requests, which would likely leave less African-American representation in Congress,” Democratic State Representative Evan Jayne told reporters.
Last week, the Senate Redistribution Committee almost unanimously approved a Senate-led congressional map, indicating that both sides agree it has been drawn without benefiting any political party or candidate. That plan now goes to the full Senate for a vote. The House Redistricting Committee still needs to approve Congress’s own version of the map.
In 2015 the Florida Supreme Court threw down congressional maps of the state, which were drawn by Republicans, in a ruling that the maps benefited the party and that the state was drawn with the help of Republican Party advisers. .
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