DeSantis uncertain Florida’s redistricted congressional map can save House Republicans this fall

Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged Monday that Florida's mid-decade congressional redistricting, designed to add up to four GOP House seats, may not fully deliver this fall given Trump's sinking approval numbers and signs of a Democratic wave. 'This year they're winnable, but I think that it's going to require some effort,' he said.

DeSantis and the Legislature had insisted the redraw was compelled by malapportionment and an anticipated Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, not partisan strategy — even as the new map left four Democratic incumbents stranded in heavily Republican districts. The Supreme Court did strike down that VRA provision the same day the Florida House passed the map.

, Two of the targeted Democrats, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Jared Moskowitz, switched districts and won their primaries comfortably; the other two, Kathy Castor and Darren Soto, are running in seats that shifted sharply toward Trump. A lawsuit alleging the map violates Florida's Fair Districts Amendment against incumbent-favoring maps remains pending after the state Supreme Court declined to block it.

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