Battleground - Florida: Mr. DeSantis's Wild Ride
Battleground is a reader-supported publication. Consider supporting the newsletter through Buy Me A Coffee. Florida: Mr. DeSantis's Wild RideFlorida's governor single-handedly removes one of the state's majority Black districts.
Topline Takeaways-legislature passed a new map to Desantis’s liking, dismantling a majority black FL-5 -struck down by courts but reinstated on appeal, good for 2022 elections but may still be overturned -Map leaves in tact much of south florida but gerrymanders much of north florida. Who’s In Control?Florida’s redistricting process is completely controlled by the state legislature and requires gubernatorial approval before being adopted. Republicans are firmly in the drivers seat here as they hold a trifecta: majorities in both houses alongside a Republican governor. In a rare move for redistricting Gov. Ron DeSantis submitted his own map for consideration by the legislature with an explicit directive to break-up FL-5. After a bit of a stand-off (many in the legislature believed DeSantis’s approved plan would be struck down as unconstitutional), Republicans relented to the governors demands and passed his preferred map. District BreakdownFlorida’s new congressional district map faced lawsuits almost immediately after being approved. However, like Georgia and Alabama, it is expected that these new maps will be valid for the 2022 midterm elections as judges have previously ruled that it’s “too late” to produce fairer maps for the upcoming elections. While that means the lines are set for 2022, many still expect the map to be ruled as unconstitutional for both partisan AND racial gerrymandering. As I explained in my previous post, DeSantis’s request to eliminate a majority-Black district likely runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act. In addition, Florida’s consitution requires that new districts be drawn in such a way that they do not “favor or disfavor a political party or incumbent.” The map above takes four districts that previously leaned toward Democrats and flips them for Republicans. Most of the gerrymandering issues lie in North Florida, where DeSantis eliminated the previous configuration of a majority-Black FL-5. Instead of drawing a district that would hold most of Jacksonville in its entirety, the city is split right down the middle with the old FL-5 now reaching up north to the Florida-Georgia border. This also forces Rep. Al Lawson, the FL-5 incumbent, to face off against the Republican incumbent, Rep. Neal Dunn, in a Republican leaning district. Both the Tampa and Orlando metropolitan areas saw their districts reconfigured in such a way that both cities are expected to lose at least one Democratic House representative. Democratic Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Charlie Crist are both resigning from their respective seats and are expected to be replaced by Republicans in November. South Florida’s new districts are much more conventional as the updated map doesn’t really touch districts in and around Miami. No districts flipped parties in South Florida. Leftover Links
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