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Florida redistricting map would split Tampa into 3 districts

The new congressional map approved by the Florida House and Senate will greatly impact voters in the Bay Area if it survives a legal challenge.

New map splits blue city of Tampa into three red US House districts

Gov. Ron DeSantis posted a map and his signature on social media on Monday to show that the newly redrawn congressional map is now state law.
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Despite new maps, Florida Democratic Reps. Kathy Castor & Debbie Wasserman Schultz say they’re running again

Tampa Bay Area Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor in downtown St. Petersburg on Nov. 26, 2024. Two Florida Democratic members of Congress who have seen
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Redistricting shuffle: Kathy Castor stakes claim to CD 14 amid map shake-up in Tampa Bay

The race for CD 14 is already underway and Castor wants to keep her seat. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is planting an early flag in a reshaped political battlefield for Florida’s 14th Congressional District.

Florida’s new voting map will cost taxpayers, add work for elections supervisors

Pinellas County’s election office last week asked the County Commission for $508,550 to pay for the notifications, said Dustin Chase, deputy supervisor of elections. The county is still split into two districts on the new map, but in different configurations. St. Petersburg spans two newly drawn districts.
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Tampa Bay-area residents say congressional maps 'dilute' power of Black voters

TAMPA, Fla. — More than two years after lawmakers redrew the state’s legislative maps, a group of Tampa Bay-area residents Wednesday challenged the constitutionality of two Senate districts that they say “dilute” the power of Black voters.