{"id":6574,"date":"2026-05-15T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=6574"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:02:06","slug":"florida-court-to-consider-whether-new-us-house-map-violates-state-ban-on-partisan-gerrymandering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=6574","title":{"rendered":"Florida court to consider whether new US House map violates state ban on partisan gerrymandering"},"content":{"rendered":"

By DAVID A. LIEB and MIKE SCHNEIDER<\/strong><\/p>\n

New U.S. House districts that could help Republicans win several additional seats in Florida are set to face their first test in court Friday against assertions that they violate a state constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering.<\/p>

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Lawsuits filed on behalf of voters ask a state judge to block the districts from being used in the midterm elections. The move would create a significant wrinkle in President Donald Trump\u2019s attempt to hold on to a narrow House majority by redrawing voting districts to the GOP\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n

Republicans already hold 20 of Florida\u2019s 28 U.S. House seats. New voting districts signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis after a swift two-day special legislative session could improve the GOP\u2019s chances to win four additional seats in the November elections.<\/p>\n

Florida\u2019s Legislature approved the new House map on April 29 \u2014 the same day the U.S. Supreme Court weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities while striking down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana. Since then, several Southern states have taken steps to try to eliminate minority districts that have elected Democrats.<\/p>\n

Congressional districts typically are redrawn once a decade, after each census, to rebalance populations. But since Trump urged mid-decade redistricting last year, Republicans think they could gain as many as 15 seats from new House maps in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama. Democrats, meanwhile, think they could gain six seats from new maps in California and Utah.<\/p>\n

Democrats had counted on winning up to four additional seats in Virginia. But the Virginia Supreme Court last week struck down a Democratic redistricting plan approved by voters, ruling the legislature violated procedural requirements when placing it on the ballot.<\/p>\n