LAKE WORTH, Fla. - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has written a letter to the Census Bureau and the Commerce Department asking for an extra seat in congress.

Governor Ron DeSantis has recently been vocal about this issue, saying that Florida was deprived of its rightful representation in congress after the 2020 census.

"Please fix this remuneration, and award Florida what we are entitled to: an extra seat in congress," he said during a news conference in Lake Worth on Wednesday afternoon.

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Florida currently has 28 seats in the House of Representatives, eight Democrats and 20 Republicans. An extra seat would also give Florida another vote in the electoral college.

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