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Mid-Decade Redistricting · Issue 11 of 12

A map that dilutes Black and Latino votes

Byron Donalds supported Florida’s illegal mid-decade redistricting process, which produced new congressional district maps that diminish Black and Latino representation in order to benefit his political party in the next election.

4Districts the new map splits Central Florida's Puerto Rican and South American community across

Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, edited

The facts

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  1. Donalds said he supports Governor DeSantis’ mid-decade redistricting push. 1

  2. Doing mid-decade redistricting to intentionally benefit one political party is illegal in Florida. 2

  3. The new map dilutes Black voting power. 3

  4. The new map splinters a growing community of Puerto Ricans and South Americans in Central Florida across four districts. 4

Tell Byron Donalds: stop rigging our voting maps.

Sources

Every claim on this page, with links to the votes, filings and reporting behind it.

  1. Florida Politics, Byron Donalds backs Ron DeSantis' congressional redistricting push, April 1, 2026
  2. PolitiFact FL, Is Florida's mid-decade redistricting plan illegal, as some Democrats say?, April 20, 2026
  3. Tampa Bay Times, Florida redistricting and Tampa Bay's Black voters, May 12, 2026
  4. The Washington Post, Florida redistricting splits Puerto Rican communities, May 11, 2026