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Florida lawmakers pass a voting map that could help Republicans flip four House seats

Florida lawmakers pass a voting map that could help Republicans flip four House seats ![A senator's laptop displays a Congressional

After Republicans blocked Indiana redistricting, millions poured in to defeat them

congressional redistricting plan during debate before its passage in the Florida Senate.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2632x2632+652+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbe%2Ff3%2F4c8b2726426994f08d232a4e860b%2Fap26119607647350.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5804703/florida-redistricting-voting-map-republicans-house-seats) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [Florida lawmakers pass a voting map

New Florida map boosts Republican seats amid national redistricting fight

congressional map, the latest salvo in an unprecedented [national battle](/news/2026/4/23/democrats-up-in-virginia-but-us-voters-may-pay-price-for-redistricting-war) of redistricting before the midterm elections in November. The vote in both the Florida state Senate

Florida is latest US state to enter redistricting war ahead of 2026 election

map for introduction during the special session. It is our expectation that … a proposal will be transmitted from the governor’s office to the senate for our consideration.” Florida currently sends 20 Republicans and eight

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congressional maps in time for the midterms,** after a recent Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry [suspended the primaries for the U.S. House races](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5806000/louisiana-suspends-house-primaries-supreme-court) to allow

Virginia’s victory good for Democrats but also shows Trump’s redistricting battle could be all for nothing

senate president pro tempore, L Louise Lucas, a key figure in getting the maps approved. “Virginia sent a message: if you try to rig the system, we fight back. If you try to take powers

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Voting Rights Act to take effect ahead of schedule – a procedural move that helps Louisiana Republicans redraw their congressional maps before this year’s midterm elections. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson strongly criticised the court

Hegseth faces further grilling over Iran war strategy and costs – US politics live

Senate floor. - **The House approved a three-year reauthorization of a divisive US surveillance program ahead of its expiration on Friday, adding new oversight measures but stopping short of the warrant requirement that critics have

Why Louisiana paused its US House primary election amid redistricting push

Senate advanced an initial redrawn map. ## What have rights groups said? A coalition of voting and civil rights groups has challenged the suspension of the election, charging that some segments of voters, including those

Court rejects Virginia redistricting in a blow to Democrats' counter to Trump, GOP

Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle, center, speaks with the media following a hearing on new congressional maps before the state Supreme Court in Richmond, Va. on April 27. **Allen G. Breed/AP** Allen G. Breed/AP

‘Cotton picking’: US lawmaker condemned for racist comment about Jeffries

senator in the US, condemned the video as the “most racist thing I’ve ever seen”. The video was later removed, with the White House blaming a staffer for posting it to Trump’s account

With Virginia vote, Democrats gain edge over Trump's national GOP redistricting push

congressional district in Texas](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/373x373+1078+803/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F2a%2F10026c0e48db8cdd3cd0b16b5a1e%2Fgrove-redistricting-texas-20250811.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5495427/trump-redistricting-texas-congress-california) ### [News](https://www.npr.org/sections/news/) ### [Trump prompted a battle over voting maps. Here's how redistricting affects voters](https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5495427/trump-redistricting-texas-congress-california) [The debate in Virginia](https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-04-08/va-constitution-gerrymandering-free-fair-elections-maps-vrc-ballot-april) sounded

Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia

congressional district at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves the way for largest

National mood is against Republicans, but redistricting could help prop them up

congressional candidate. ## **Democrats also have the edge on enthusiasm** Midterm elections have had, on average, a 30% dropoff in turnout from the previous presidential election year, going back to 1992. So enthusiasm and activism

Data center disputes have been local. But the midterms might change that

Florida Legislature [passed a bill](https://news.wfsu.org/state-news/2026-02-26/ai-data-center-regulation-bill-passes-florida-senate) to put guardrails in place on data centers' water and energy usage and to regulate where they can and cannot be built. ### All the money is hard