Florida Democratic Party Responds to Ron DeSantis Announcement of Expensive, Unnecessary Redistricting at End of 2026 Session

TALLAHASSEE, FL – After months of speculation Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he will call a special session to redraw Florida’s maps in a partisan and unnecessary move that will cost Florida taxpayers millions of dollars.

“This is nothing more than a desperate attempt to rig the system and silence voters before the 2026 election. Now, after gutting representation for Black Floridians just three years ago, Ron is hoping the decimation of the Voting Rights Act by Trump’s Supreme Court will allow him to further gerrymander and suppress the vote of millions of Floridians.

What DeSantis is doing is reckless, partisan, and opportunistic – all things Floridians said redistricting shouldn’t be in 2010 when they passed the Fair Districts Amendment. He’s not responding to population growth, he’s responding to polls. Because he knows the Republican party is on the verge of losing its grip.”

Floridians are tired of partisan bickering and gamesmanship. If Ron DeSantis truly cared about the people of this state, he would use his Session Proclamation to ask the legislature to solve the problems Floridians face daily including the crushing affordability crisis, sky-high healthcare costs, and the rapidly increasing cost of property insurance. Instead he would rather play games to hold power and spend taxpayer dollars on kickbacks and corruption.

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