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A panel of federal judges Thursday shielded eight current and former legislative leaders from having to testify in a challenge to a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through last year.
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It came at the start of the 2023 legislative session, in which the Republican supermajority is expected to rubber stamp much of DeSantis' agenda.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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They include challenges to new laws that prevent abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and restrict classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation.
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The redistricting plan, which Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Florida Legislature during a special session last April, was used in the elections amid constitutional challenges in federal and state courts.
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The marquee races include a pair of incumbent House members — Republican Neal Dunn and Democrat Al Lawson — facing off against each other in a north Florida district that leans GOP.
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Two congressional incumbents vying to represent more than a dozen Panhandle counties share their views on the rising cost of tuition and federal student loan forgiveness.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has publicly claimed that Florida’s heavily Republican congressional map was not drawn with partisan intent — but that doesn’t line up with the findings of a ProPublica investigation published this week.
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Florida's new congressional map cuts in half the number of districts where Black voters can elect their candidate of choice.
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Several counties in the new District 2 are in Lawson's congressional district or were in districts he's represented in the state House and Senate.
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The state's highest court denied the plaintiffs' request to lift the appeals court's stay after the majority found it lacks jurisdiction to weigh in on the matter.
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The decision comes a week after a lower court judge said the map was unconstitutional.