Red State Seeks Adding 3 To 5 GOP House Seats In Redistricting Effort

As the nationwide redistricting battle intensifies, Florida may explore an effort to redraw its congressional districts heading into the 2026 midterm elections.

Evan Power, chair of the Republican Party of Florida, said he thinks three to five GOP House seats could be added.

BREAKING: The red state of FLORIDA is eyeing redrawing its 2026 Congressional map to add a whopping 3-5 REPUBLICAN SEATS, removing 3-5 Democrats as a result

Gavin Newsom’s California map is up to Democrat+5 seats. FLORIDA alone can cancel out Gavin, THEN we have Ohio, Texas,… pic.twitter.com/WiffiRGVYj

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 3, 2025

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He said Democrats have had an unfair advantage in other states.

“We need to get to a fair ground where we have equal representation, where Republicans can have their majority … the vote thresholds in this country show that they should have a majority,” Power said, taking questions from reporters on Wednesday after speaking at a Capital Tiger Bay Club luncheon in Tallahassee.

Democrats are meanwhile accusing Republicans of stacking the deck to ensure the GOP keeps the House majority in 2026. At President Donald Trump’s urging, Texas approved a congressional map adding five GOP seats. Republican and Democratic states alike are exploring similar avenues, with multiple maps passed elsewhere.

Florida’s congressional delegation currently consists of 20 Republicans and eight Democrats in the House of Representatives.

“4 years ago and for the first time in state history, the number of registered Republicans equaled the number of registered Democrats. Since October 2021, Republicans have increased the registration advantage over the Democrats by 1.4 million. This is the most dramatic red shift in the modern history of the GOP,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said last week.

4 years ago and for the first time in state history, the number of registered Republicans equaled the number of registered Democrats.

Since October 2021, Republicans have increased the registration advantage over the Democrats by 1.4 million.

This is the most dramatic red shift… https://t.co/WUf5RGXDe2

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) October 30, 2025

According to the Tallahassee Democrat, DeSantis and other Florida Republican leaders support drawing a new congressional map.

House Speaker Daniel Perez (R-Miami) “formed a select committee to create new congressional lines,” the outlet noted.

#NEW: Florida Republican leaders, supported by Trump and DeSantis, are exploring redistricting to increase their congressional majority by 3–5 seats, with GOP executive director Bill Helmich saying they should consider eliminating all Democratic seats. https://t.co/S0XiEGLVSm

— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) November 3, 2025

Tallahassee Democrat has more:

In the past seven years, Republicans turned what was a 2-point voter registration disadvantage into a 10-point advantage over Democrats, a swing of 12 points.

There are just 55,383 more registered voters today than there were in 2018 when Gov. Ron DeSantis was first elected, but the makeup of the electorate is vastly different.

Data from a variety of sources show Florida had an influx of a million new voters during the COVID pandemic. Power said a majority of those who registered to vote did so as Republicans.

In the past decade Republican have increased their voter registration total by 1.3 million voters, while Democrats’ numbers have declined by 402,394, mostly due to new voter roll maintenance rules.

How this plays out on election day is just as dramatic. Three statewide races in 2018 were recounted and decided by less than 1%, including then-Gov. Rick Scott’s challenge of incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Scott was declared the winner by 10,000 votes.

In 2024, Scott easily won reelection by 13 points, or 1.3 million votes, and the GOP elected a supermajority in the Florida Legislature and congressional delegation.