Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he would convene a special session of the state legislature in April to reconsider the state’s congressional map, making the Republican-led state the latest to seek a redraw of its House district lines ahead of the midterm elections.
DeSantis said the special session would commence after the legislature’s regular session concludes. According to a news release, it will begin at noon on Monday, April 20, and “extend no later than 11:59 p.m., Friday, April 24.”
“Every Florida resident deserves to be represented fairly and constitutionally,” DeSantis said in a statement, adding that he wanted to “ensure that Florida’s congressional maps accurately reflect the population of our state and to comply with an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling.”
