A state judge has struck down Florida’s congressional map after finding that the removal of an African American-performing district was unconstitutional.
This year Gov. Ron DeSantis raised his national profile amid increasingly pitched culture war battles. Meanwhile, city and county governance, violent crime, drug abuse, and LGBTQ issues dominated the local conversation. Here is a list of the top state, and local stories of 2022.
The redrawing of North Florida’s Congressional District 2 has placed two incumbent U-S Representatives against each other in the midterm elections. Tallahassee Democratic Congressman Al Lawson is running in the district against Panama City Republican Congressman Neal Dunn after Republican lawmakers carved up Lawson’s District 5.