Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed not to sign a new congressional map unless lawmakers dismantle a North Florida district represented by a Black Democrat, setting up a showdown with his own party that threatens to upend the state's delicate redistricting process
"We will not be signing any congressional map that has an unconstitutional gerrymander in it, and that is going to be the position that we stick to," the Florida Republican said in Jackson County."Just take that to the bank."DeSantis has taken issue with the historical boundaries of Florida's 5th Congressional District, which connects predominantly African American communities in Jacksonville and Tallahassee 150 miles apart.
"That is not changing my position at all," he said. DeSantis has involved himself in the state's decennial redistricting process far more than his recent predecessors. Last month, he introduced an aggressively partisan map that would net Republicans more seats in Congress. The unusual step by DeSantis followed grumblings from Republican operatives that the GOP-controlled legislature wasn't pressing its advantage enough during the state's redistricting process.
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