Democrats winning redistricted Florida seats signals a major failure of Republican gerrymandering efforts and a significant setback for Trump’s party in the midterms.
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Major blow to Trump’s party as effort to redraw maps in its favor fizzles on excellent night for Democrats in FloridaUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesDemocrats have won three of the four congressional seats in Florida that Republicans redrew this year in their favor, and are narrowly leading in the fourth. It’s a surprising result that underscores how strongly Democratic candidates are performing on election night.Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Republicans who control the state legislature redrew the state’s congressional map earlier this year to create four new districts – the ninth, 14th, 22nd, and 25th – that favored Republicans. Had the districts been in place in 2024, Donald Trump would have won all but one by double digits. He would have won the final district by about nine points. Continue reading...
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