Leading Florida Republicans say the state deserves more U.S. House seats — as many as five of them. And Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier say the state should get them before the 2026 Midterms.

The Republicans made separate pleas to President Donald Trump’s administration to “correct” an unfair awarding of House seats before voters elect a new Congress. That adjustment would happen with a new census, both said, but could also be done by revisiting decisions made after the 2020 census.

Uthmeier, in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, said several irregularities in the reapportionment of seats in 2020 denied Florida at least one House seat. He argued the federal government can reallocate seats in the House based on data available now.

“We should not have

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