NEW: DeSantis Reveals Game-Changing Redistricting Push That Could Swing Advantage Back To GOP

With just two months until Florida’s 2026 legislative session, Gov. Ron DeSantis is reminding lawmakers that he still expects them to deliver a new congressional map.

“Stay tuned,” DeSantis wrote on social media Thursday night, responding to a post that paraphrased House Speaker Daniel Perez’s stance that redistricting is “not planned.”

POLITICO’s Gary Fineout clarified that Perez actually said there was “no plan yet.”

“We’re not there yet. We haven’t had that discussion yet,” Perez said. “Redistricting hasn’t been a conversation that we’ve had yet.”

DeSantis has repeatedly said he expects redistricting “this spring,” a move that could further lock in Republican dominance across Florida’s congressional delegation. The GOP currently holds a 20–8 edge in the state — thanks to a map drawn by the governor’s office and pushed through after he vetoed lawmakers’ initial version. DeSantis has even credited that map for helping secure the GOP’s current U.S. House majority.

The governor has also floated that Florida deserves up to five more congressional seats, claiming previous maps “gypped” the state while “blue states” unfairly benefited by counting “illegal aliens” in population metrics.

While large-scale reapportionment likely won’t happen in time to give Florida additional seats, the Legislature could still reopen the redistricting process. The Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, however, hasn’t met — and no meetings are scheduled.

Some Florida Republicans are reportedly eyeing a new map that could hand the GOP an additional five seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Proposed map from user Erickson on X (@erickson_68)

DeSantis also took a jab at the Justice Department late Thursday over its challenge to California’s redistricting process, which critics say is designed to boost Democrats, much like Florida’s map benefits Republicans. DOJ claims California’s plan relies too heavily on race.

“Courts could nix the CA map on racial gerrymandering grounds, but I bet CA will just say the intent was to partisan gerrymander,” DeSantis posted.

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