Listen • 50:28 Florida keeps growing and Florida’s influence on national politics keeps growing, but could it have grown more? And as state lawmakers finish up their regular law-writing session — the politics of policies. There will be one more seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Florida. Florida’s population grew 15% in the past decade according to the U.S. Census Bureau – adding one more congressional district for the 2022 election. And one more Electoral College vote. But Florida may have missed out on gaining a second seat. "It was a surprise," said Associated Press reporter Mike Schneider. "Florida had been predicted to gain two seats."