Florida’s new congressional map is set to face its first court challenge Friday as voting-rights groups and voters argue the redistricting plan violates the state constitution by favoring Republicans.

Florida's new Republican-led redistricting map aims to gain four U.S. House seats for the GOP. The plan could backfire by making as many as seven Republican-held seats more competitive. Eliminating or fracturing Democratic districts shifts those voters ...

The three lawsuits, brought on behalf of voters including some in Orange and Osceola counties, were filed right after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill approving the new map.

The battle over Florida’s political boundaries reached a boiling point Monday as State Representative Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) labeled Governor Ron DeSantis’s newly proposed congressional map an “illegal mid-decade power grab.

As promised by Democrats and others, lawsuits challenging Florida’s newly signed congressional map have been filed, kicking off what is expected to be a fast-moving legal fight over boundaries designed to expand Republican power in Washington. The first ...

The Florida Legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans’ advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that President Donald Trump launched ahead of this year’s midterms.The vote came just two ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis released his proposed newly redrawn map of the state’s congressional districts on Monday, one that aims to add four Republican leaning seat to the 20 (out of 28) already represented by Republicans in Florida. The governor released the ...

Civil rights groups sue Florida over its new congressional map, alleging it violates the state's Fair Districts Amendment against partisan gerrymandering.