Redistricting in Florida ahead of the 2026 elections
Redistricting is the process of enacting new district boundaries for elected offices, particularly for offices in the U.S. House of Representatives and state legislatures. This article covers redistricting activity in Florida after the 2024 elections and before the 2026 elections.
After Texas Republicans launched their mid-decade redistricting effort in 2025, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) expressed support for redistricting in Florida, saying, "I do think it would be appropriate to do a redistricting here in the mid-decade."[1]
On August 7, 2025, Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) announced in a memo that a Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting would be formed.[2][3] The memo stated that committee membership would be announced in September, with requests to serve on the committee due August 15, 2025.[3]
On January 7, 2026, DeSantis called a special legislative session on congressional redistricting to take place in April 2026.[4]
This article documents the redistricting effort in Florida ahead of the 2026 elections. To read about redistricting in Florida after the 2020 census, click here.
- Florida redistrictingFlorida's 2025 congressional redistricting
- Court challengesLitigation over the redrawn map
- National contextRedistricting in other states ahead of the 2026 elections
Redistricting in Florida ahead of the 2026 elections
On January 7, 2026, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called a special legislative session on congressional redistricting for April 2026.[5] Heading into the redistricting effort, Republicans represented 20 of Florida's 28 Congressional districts, and Democrats represented eight.
Comparison of old and new congressional map
The map below reflects Florida's current congressional boundaries, enacted on April 22, 2022. If a new map is passed, this section will show a comparison of the old and new map.
Timeline of mid-decade redistricting in Florida
The timeline below tracks updates to Florida's redistricting efforts ahead of the 2026 elections, including map proposal and approval and major court filings. For more information about litigation over the new congressional map, click here.
- January 7, 2026
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called a special legislative session on congressional redistricting to take place in April 2026.[6]
Court challenges
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As of 2026, Ballotpedia had not tracked any lawsuits challenging enacted maps in this state.
To read about litigation over the map passed after the 2020 census, click here.
National overview
As of February 2026, six states had congressional district maps that were subject to change before the 2026 elections, and six states—California, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Utah—had new congressional maps. Three states were reportedly exploring voluntary redistricting, and three states had congressional maps that were subject to change due to litigation. Before 2025, only two states had conducted voluntary mid-decade redistricting since 1970.[9]
The map below shows redistricting activity between the 2024 and 2026 elections.
The table below shows redistricting activity between the 2024 and 2026 elections as well as the pre-redistricting U.S. House delegation in each state.
| State | Reason for redistricting | Status | Method of redistricting | U.S. House delegation before redistricting | Potential result of new maps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New map enacted | |||||
| California | Voluntary redistricting | Voters approved the use of a new map on Nov. 4, 2025. | Commission | 43 D - 9 R | +5 D |
| Missouri | Voluntary redistricting | Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed new map into law on Sept. 28, 2025. | Legislature-dominant | 6 R - 2 D | +1 R |
| North Carolina | Voluntary redistricting | Legislature passed new map into law on Oct. 22, 2025 | Legislature-dominant | 10 R - 4 D | +1 R |
| Ohio | Required by law to redistrict | Redistricting commission approved a new map on Oct. 31, 2025 | Legislature-dominant | 10 R -5 D | +2 R |
| Texas | Voluntary redistricting | U.S. Supreme Court ruled the new Texas map could be used in 2026 | Legislature-dominant | 25 R -12 D with 1 vacancy | +5 R |
| Utah | Changed due to litigation | Court approved new plaintiff-submitted map | Legislature-dominant | 4 R - 0 D | +1 D |
| Net | +3 R | ||||
| New map possible | |||||
| Florida | Voluntary redistricting | Special session to occur April 2026 | Legislature-dominant | 20 R - 8 D | - |
| Georgia | Subject to change due to litigation | Litigation ongoing | Legislature-dominant | 9 R - 5 D | - |
| Louisiana | Subject to change due to litigation | Litigation ongoing | Legislature-dominant | 4 R - 2 D | - |
| Maryland | Voluntary redistricting | House approved new map | Legislature-dominant | 7 D - 1 R | - |
| New York | Subject to change due to litigation | Litigation ongoing | Hybrid | 19 D - 7 R | - |
| Virginia | Voluntary redistricting | Litigation ongoing over constitutional amendment to allow redistricting | Hybrid | 6 D - 5 R | - |
See also
- Redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections
- Redistricting in Florida
- State-by-state redistricting procedures
- Majority-minority districts
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- All About Redistricting
- Dave's Redistricting
- FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State"
- National Conference of State Legislatures, "Redistricting Process"
- FairVote, "Redistricting"
Footnotes
- ↑ Spectrum News, "States, including Florida, consider mid-decade redistricting," July 29, 2025
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Florida House speaker puts together Congressional redistricting committee," August 7, 2025
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 X, "Interactive Polls on August 7, 2025," accessed August 8, 2025
- ↑ Politico, "DeSantis calls April special legislative session on Florida congressional redistricting," January 7, 2026
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedspecial - ↑ Politico, "DeSantis calls April special legislative session on Florida congressional redistricting," January 7, 2026
- ↑ The Floridian, "DeSantis Will Call for Special Legislative Session on Congressional Redistricting," December 1, 2025
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Florida House speaker puts together Congressional redistricting committee," August 7, 2025
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "Redistricting between censuses has been rare in the modern era," August 28, 2025
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