ORLANDO, Fla. — The GOP-controlled Florida House dropped a redistricting bombshell Monday, releasing a draft congressional map that would radically change Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy’s seat in Central Florida and make it much harder for her to win reelection next year.
The proposed map is “just a crazy gerrymander,” said Matt Isbell, an elections expert who runs the MCIMaps website, adding it seemed custom-designed for state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, a Republican running for Congress. “It’s like the Sabatini dream plan.”
But the House’s other draft map released Monday makes only relatively mild changes, matching the four draft maps from the state Senate that would basically keep the status quo.
