Florida Democratic Party Responds to Governor DeSantis' Push for Mid-Decade Redistricting

On July 25, 2025, Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried slammed Governor Ron DeSantis for suggesting it would be “appropriate” to redraw Florida’s congressional map mid-decade.

“This is nothing more than a desperate attempt to rig the system and silence voters before the 2026 election. Now, after gutting representation for Black Floridians and stacking the court to uphold it, he wants to further gerrymander and suppress the vote of millions of Floridians.

We have a federal census every ten years for a reason. What DeSantis is doing is inappropriate. He’s not responding to population growth, he’s responding to polls. Because he knows the Republican party is on the verge of losing its grip.

If Ron DeSantis spent half as much time solving real problems as he does scheming to steal elections, maybe we wouldn’t be in the middle of a housing, insurance, and education crisis.”