Ron DeSantis decides Florida will redraw its district map

Florida may be the next redistricting battleground as Governor Ron DeSantis seemed to confirm the Sunshine State will be looking to redraw maps in 2026.

America’s governor weighed in on the gerrymandering debate as he spoke with Fox News host Mark Levin in comments sure to send Democrats like California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the edge.

“On the congressional map, Florida has been growing,” DeSantis said. “We got shortchanged in the last Census. We should have had two or three seats; we only got one seat. And that was really the Biden administration’s doing.”

“So we are working with the attorney general in Florida, James Uthmeier, to talk to the Commerce Department…we’re asking them to redo that as best they can,” the Republican leader continued.

Florida was robbed by the left’s multi-year effort to rig the 2020 Census, and Floridians didn’t get the representation they deserve in Congress.

President Trump called for a new Census, and I’m ready to work with @GovRonDeSantis to bring the president solutions and get it done. pic.twitter.com/1Ypoaziucb

— Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) August 20, 2025

DeSantis noted that such a move would “trigger” the need for a new congressional map.

“It’ll happen in the spring, and the Legislature, I fully anticipate, will produce a revised congressional map, maybe with 29 seats, maybe with the current 28, maybe with the VRA district, maybe eliminating that,” he told Levin, referring to the Voting Rights Act (VRA) district.

BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis just confirmed the red state of FLORIDA will REDRAW their U.S. Congressional map…and he may eliminate the racist VRA district.

Republicans stand to gain seats.

Gavin did NOT want to hear this news. pic.twitter.com/957qfiFtYK

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 24, 2025

Social media users weighed in on the governor’s remarks and Florida’s congressional map.

Get it done!

— Reallyfedup (@moyer_eileen) August 24, 2025

Good work Gavin.

— Finance Reb (@OleMissRebel90) August 24, 2025

Absolutely

— Mike Dailey (@MichealDailey3) August 24, 2025

Important to point out, as DeSantis did, this is to redress past wrongs and have Florida Republicans represented by the correct number of seats.

— Sheri Herman (@SheriHerman19) August 24, 2025

We are done being gerrymandered to nothing.
Time to fight back.

— A Conservative Dad (@AConservativeDa) August 24, 2025

Democrats will lose this redistricting battle. The TX map along has cancelled out the CA map. FL and OH will give the republicans the advantage in 2026.

— Khoa (@1980Khoa) August 24, 2025

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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.

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