Florida is preparing to redraw its congressional districts next year, even though it remains uncertain whether the state will gain any new seats.

Gov. Ron DeSantis told an interviewer that the Florida Legislature will take up the task of revising the congressional map in the spring of 2025. He said the new map could include the current 28 seats or possibly 29 seats if Florida is awarded an additional congressional seat.

This means the legislature will move forward with redistricting regardless of whether Florida officially gains a new seat after the Census. The governor’s earlier expectation that Florida could gain as many as five new seats has been scaled back.

Chris Hand, a government law attorney and guest on This Week in Jacksonville, explained that this mid-cycle redistricting effo

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