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Redistricting is supposed to be like a leap year: rare, predictable, and mostly ignored until it messes with your calendar. But in Florida, the mapmakers seem to live on a different timeline entirely.

After a court-ordered redraw ahead of the 2016 elections and a Governor-engineered one in 2022, it’s looking increasingly likely that Florida’s congressional map could get another shake-up before the 2026 elections.

At the Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando, where a quarter of the state’s congressional Republicans gathered this weekend, few were eager to endorse a mid-cycle redraw.

Still, the specter of redistricting looms. Gov. Ron DeSantis has floated the idea of a “snap census” to justify new l

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