DeSantis-Backed Redistricting Map Could Add Four GOP Seats

Florida lawmakers approved Gov. Ron DeSantis's congressional map that could add up to four Republican seats, sending it to his desk for final approval; the plan aims to shrink or erase Democratic-leaning districts in Tampa, Orlando and the southeast while contending with a recent Supreme Court ruling narrowing the Voting Rights Act; the Senate approved it 21-17 and the House voted along party lines, with a special-session review planned and legal challenges anticipated under Florida's Fair Districts Amendment and DeSantis's influence on the state Supreme Court.