2022

April

Friday the 22nd

• Florida Legislative Black Caucus calls new Congressional map 'unconstitutional'

Thursday the 21st

• Florida lawmakers approve new congressional map backed by DeSantis Florida lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday to new congressional boundaries for the next decade, adopting a map put forward by Gov. Ron DeSantis office that controversially eliminated two districts represented by Black Democrats while giving Republicans the advantage in as many as 20 of 28 districts.
• Protests erupt over vote to approve Florida congressional maps

Wednesday the 20th

• ‘A racist move’: Florida’s DeSantis threatens Black voter power with electoral maps Proposed map would chop up the fifth district into four new ones where Black voters would comprise a much smaller share of the vote – a visual guide

Wednesday the 13rd

• DeSantis draws congressional map that would dramatically expand GOP’s edge in Florida The proposed map would carve up a largely Black district and eliminate Democratic gains made on a national level during the redistricting process.
• Florida Governor DeSantis given power to gerrymander state’s electoral maps The governor seems eager to eliminate two congressional districts with large Black populations and to give Republicans a 20-8 advantage

Tuesday the 12nd

• Florida legislature lets DeSantis draw congressional maps
• Florida Republicans Let Ron DeSantis Have His Jim Crow Congressional Maps Who says minorities should have congressional representation? The Supreme Court? LOL. Try again.

March

Tuesday the 29th

• DeSantis vetoes new Florida congressional map and calls for special session Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday received and quickly vetoed new congressional boundaries approved by the Republican-controlled legislature, setting up a showdown with his own party over how to proceed with a new map for the state.

January

Tuesday the 18th

• Ron DeSantis Delivers MLK Day Gift Of Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map What an asshole.