Republican redistricting efforts in Florida may not be the advantage that President Donald Trump and the GOP had hoped they would be, according to early returns in the Sunshine State.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Florida Republicans tried to add four GOP-leaning congressional districts with their mid-decade redistricting push.
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But Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) beat the Republican nominee, former Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer, in Florida’s 25th Congressional District, 51.5%-46.4%, with 95% of the vote counted, per the Associated Press. Under the new lines, the district voted for Trump by 10 percentage points in 2024 over then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
Meanwhile, Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) won against former Republican state Rep. Mike Beltran in Florida’s 14th District, 51%-46%, with 97% of the vote counted.
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Elsewhere on the map, in the open race for Florida’s 22nd District, Democratic candidate Pia Dandiya, a former school principal, was similarly leading Republican Casey Askar, a Marine veteran and business owner, 52%-48%, with 94% of the vote counted.
Only Rep. Darren Soto’s (D-FL) race in Florida’s 9th District remains a possibility for Republican Dan Green, a Navy veteran and former Trump administration appointee, to win, with that contest 50%-50%, with 96% of the vote counted.