Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.27.26: DeSantis unveils gerrymandered Florida map

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

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* Despite Florida’s constitutional prohibition against gerrymandered district maps, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday morning released a new proposed district map intended to boost his party. Of the Sunshine State’s 28 congressional districts, the GOP already controls 20, but under the governor’s plan, that total would grow to 24. DeSantis initially released his plan, which needs legislative approval, exclusively to Fox News.

* On a related note, in Mississippi, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is also moving forward with plans for a special session to consider a new map in anticipation of a Supreme Court ruling on redistricting.

* In California, a proposed billionaire tax appears to have the signatures needed to be on the statewide ballot. Incidentally, a proposed voter ID measure also appears to have crossed the same threshold.