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Florida’s post-2020 congressional redistricting turned into a rare, governor-driven rewrite followed by nonstop litigation. After vetoing the Legislature’s first plan in March 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis called a special session. Lawmakers passed his map in April 2022 (ch. 2022-265). Within hours, voting-rights groups sued in state court, and a Leon County judge preliminarily enjoined use of the map due to its treatment of North Florida’s former District 5, but the First District Court of Appeal stayed and later reversed that injunction. In September 2023, the state trial court overturned the congressional map, but the appellate court reversed. In federal court, a three-judge panel allowed the map to remain in place for 2024. The state case continued, and in July 2025, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the map against “non-diminishment” claims under Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment, cementing the 2022 plan unless and until the Legislature revisits it.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's April 29, 2026, decision in Louisiana v. Callais, Governor DeSantis called a second special session - originally announced on January 7, 2026, and held beginning April 28, 2026 - and proposed a new congressional map targeting four Democratic incumbents. The Legislature passed the plan in two days, and DeSantis signed it into law on May 4, 2026 (HB 1D). Three separate lawsuits were filed against the map within 48 hours in Leon County Circuit Court, all challenging the new map as a violation of the Fair Districts Amendment's ban on partisan gerrymandering. The three lawsuits were consolidated before Leon County Circuit Judge Joshua Hawkes, a DeSantis appointee, who, in late May, denied the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, finding they had not shown a substantial likelihood of success on the merits. Plaintiffs appealed to the First District Court of Appeal, which declined to grant a temporary injunction while the case remains pending. On June 10, the Florida Supreme Court declined in a 6-1 ruling to intervene, finding it lacked jurisdiction while the First DCA's consideration of the appeal was still ongoing. The underlying Fair Districts litigation continues, but HB 1D will govern Florida's 2026 congressional elections.
By contrast, the state legislative maps followed Florida’s constitutionally scripted process. The Legislature adopted a 40-Senate/120-House plan by joint resolution in February 2022, triggering automatic review. On March 3, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court approved the maps, making them operative without gubernatorial signature. Subsequent challenges have been narrow: a three-judge federal court in Tampa tried a racial-gerrymandering suit focused on Senate District 16 around Tampa Bay in June 2025 and upheld the map in an August ruling.
Last updated: June 2026
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