Gov. DeSantis signs rare mid-decade Florida congressional redistricting bill into law

Gov. DeSantis signs rare mid-decade Florida congressional redistricting bill into law Gov. DeSantis signs rare mid-decade Florida congressional redistricting bill into law SO IT IS MONDAY, MAY 4TH. I’M NATHALIE POZO WITH YOUR NEWS TO GO. A SUSPECT ON THE LOOSE THIS MORNING AFTER A SHOOTING AT A PORT SAINT LUCIE SHOPPING CENTER. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THIS MAN. NOREEN KEN MASCARA, IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. POLICE SAY IT STARTED OVER A BUSINESS TRANSACTION. TWO VICTIMS ARE NOW IN THE HOSPITAL. TWO OTHER SUSPECTS ARE IN CUSTODY. FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION IN THE HOSPITAL HERE SOMEWHERE IN FLORIDA. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES DAYS AFTER THE REPUBLICAN SAID HIS VOICE WAS, QUOTE, A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER DURING HIS ONLINE TALK SHOW ON PALM BEACH. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT HE’S IN THE HOSPITAL FOR, HOW LONG HE’S BEEN THERE. A FIRE BREAKING OUT ON SATURDAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. OFFICIALS SAY IT HAPPENED AT A LABORATORY ON THE SAINT PETERSBURG CAMPUS. THE BUILDING A TOTAL LOSS. UNIVERSITY POSTED ONLINE THAT A LIGHTNING STRIKE WAS REPORTED IN THE AREA WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. HOWEVER, THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. CLASSES AND EXAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE LAB WERE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. AND WEATHER WISE, WE’RE GOING TO SEE INTERMITTENT RAINFALL TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AROUND THE AREA. SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE ATTUNED TO THE FACT THAT YOU’LL NEED THE UMBRELLA. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A WASHOUT, BUT WE WILL BE UNSETTLED WITH SOME NUISANCE RAINS THROUGHOUT A Updated: 1:13 PM EDT May 4, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Malcolm Shields Digital Content Producer Advertisement Gov. DeSantis signs rare mid-decade Florida congressional redistricting bill into law Updated: 1:13 PM EDT May 4, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Malcolm Shields Digital Content Producer Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that he signed SB D-8, Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State, into law effective immediately."Signed, Sealed, and Delivered," DeSantis said on a social media post on Monday afternoon.The new congressional district map goes into effect before the 2026 General Election.CLICK HERE TO VIEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPThe bill was taken up during a Special Session with Florida state legislature on April 28. The Florida House of Representatives and Senate, both Republican-leaning chambers, approved the bill on April 29.The latest: WPBF 25 News coverage on PoliticsThe bill appears to aid Republicans as the GOP is favored to win 24 of 28 congressional seats in the state.Get the latest political updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Before the bill, Republicans had the advantage in 20 of the 28 congressional districts. The previous map was approved by the Florida legislature in 2022 after the 2020 U.S. Census was released.Normally, redistricting is conducted every 10 years after the U.S. Census releases data on the population for each state.Democrats have claimed that the rare mid-decade redistricting map proposed by DeSantis was gerrymandered to favor Republicans, while DeSantis, a Republican, said the map accounts for the state’s population growth after the COVID-19 pandemic.The mid-decade redistricting follows a national trend of states redrawing congressional districts after Republican President Donald Trump asked the state of Texas, that leans Republican, to make a new congressional district map that gave Republicans the advantage in five additional districts.That led Democratic-leaning states like California and Virginia among others, to redraw congressional district maps for their states to match Republican states that made changes. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that he signed SB D-8, Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State, into law effective immediately."Signed, Sealed, and Delivered," DeSantis said on a social media post on Monday afternoon. Advertisement This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Signed, Sealed, and Delivered. pic.twitter.com/mKFQdQ2Xbo— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) May 4, 2026 The new congressional district map goes into effect before the 2026 General Election.CLICK HERE TO VIEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPThe bill was taken up during a Special Session with Florida state legislature on April 28. The Florida House of Representatives and Senate, both Republican-leaning chambers, approved the bill on April 29. The latest: WPBF 25 News coverage on Politics Florida House, Senate approve DeSantis-backed redistricting map Office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB D-8 into law, implementing a new congressional district map that will take effect before the 2026 General Election. The bill appears to ai