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A push to redraw Florida’s congressional districts
Los Angeles Times
|January 10, 2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to call a special spring session pending a high court ruling.
FLORIDA GOV. Ron DeSantis, shown at an August news conference, is joining the redistricting battle.
(CHRIS O'MEARA Associated Press)
Florida Goy. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he plans to call a special session in April for the Republican-dominated Legislature to draw new congressional districts, joining a redistricting arms race among states that have redrawn districts mid-decade.
Even though Florida’s 2026 legislative session starts next week, DeSantis said he wanted to wait for a possible ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling in Louisiana vs. Callais could determine whether Section 2, a part of the Voting Rights Act that bars discrimination in voting systems, is constitutional. The governor said “at least one or two” districts in Florida could be affected by the high court's ruling.
“I don’t think it’s a question of if they're going to rule. It's a question of what the scope is going to be,” DeSantis said at a news conference in Steinhatchee, Fla. “So, we're getting out ahead of that.”
Currently, 20 of Florida’s 28 congressional seats are held by Republicans.
This story is from the January 10, 2026 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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