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The Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling protecting the new congressional map approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis that would likely add additional Republican seats to the U.S. House.
In a 6-1 decision, the state judicial branch rejected efforts from groups challenging the new congressional map for the November midterm elections.
Florida’s current House map gives Republicans a 20-8 majority, but the new map could potentially give GOP members as much as a 24-4 advantage.
Republican Gov. DeSantis, who previously signed the new map back in May, celebrated the court’s ruling as a victory for his party ahead of the midterms.
“The Florida Supreme Court has REJECTED the challenge to the state’s redistricting plan and new map,” DeSantis wrote Wednesday in a post to X.
“This assures that the recently enacted map will be in place for the 2026 election,” he added.
Florida is one of several Republican states that have recently redrawn more GOP-friendly congressional maps. Democrats have also adopted more favorable maps in California and Utah, though their efforts in Virginia were nullified after the state’s Supreme Court overturned the results of April’s redistricting referendum, The Hill reported.
Meanwhile, with Florida, Republicans have also padded their majority with redistricting in Texas, Missouri, and North Carolina, hoping to defy history and maintain House control later this year.