Will DeSantis’ congressional map change the district where you live?

In an extraordinary effort to help Republican President Donald Trump maintain control over the U.S. House after the midterm elections, Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing to redraw the boundaries of at least 14 congressional districts, according to a visual analysis by the Herald/Times.

DeSantis’ map would make changes to seven districts held by Democrats and seven held by Republicans. The proposed maps created by the governor’s office favor Republicans, giving them four additional House districts in Florida, where they already control 20 of the 28. But watering down safe Republican seats in a tough year for the incumbent party, could backfire, some have predicted.

Typically, redistricting is done every decade after the new census is released. Trump has asked Republicans to redistrict ahead of the midterms even though the maps were just redrawn in 2020. The Supreme Court has allowed redistricting maps from both parties to move forward.

This is what Florida’s congressional map looks like now:

And this is what it would look like if the Legislature passes the governor’s newly proposed map:

Click here for a more detailed, interactive map released by the Florida Senate.

Check out this overlay by Democratic consulting firm MDW Communications to see how the maps overlap.

The map DeSantis’ office released Monday showed that just four congressional seats would lean Democratic after the redistricting, down from eight currently.

Two of the predicted congressional pickups for Republicans are proposed to be in South Florida. The districts currently held by Democratic mainstays Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel will both now favor Republican candidates instead. The proposed map could also make at least one Republican-held seat in South Florida — Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart’s district — more competitive for Democrats in November than it was under the current voting map.

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In Tampa Bay, the map would be sliced up to favor the GOP at the expense of incumbent Democrat Kathy Castor.

In Central Florida, it looks like Democratic Congressmen Maxwell Frost and Darren Soto could be pitted against each other in the 2026 election.

The map would create more GOP-friendly districts not only by condensing Democratic voters but also by making some Republican strongholds less sturdy in a year when Republicans are expected to take a hit on the November ballot. On social media, Soto said “there are 12+ seats that Democrats could still win under this map in this cycle.”

Soto’s prediction would mean that instead of losing four seats, Democrats would actually gain four seats.

Miami Herald political reporter Claire Heddles and Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau reporter Romy Ellenbogen contributed to this report.

This story was originally published April 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM with the headline "Will DeSantis’ congressional map change the district where you live?."