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Republicans received some favorable redistricting news on Saturday when a Florida appeals court reversed a lower court's September ruling striking down a gerrymander signed into law in 2022 by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Democrats and civil rights groups have filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Florida, but the latest development makes it much less likely a plurality-Black district linking Tallahassee and Jacksonville will be restored in time for 2024. ....
Voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs quickly shifted to the Florida Supreme Court after the 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022. ....
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is trying to use a state appeals court's ruling to help bolster its defense of a congressional redistricting plan in federal court. ....