Judge denies injunction in redistricting challenge, leaving new map in place for now

Governor Ron DeSantis held an unveiling ceremony in April in Bok Tower Gardens for a statue of President Calvin Coolidge. Later that day, he announced that the special session on redistricting would be delayed.

Florida’s new congressional map remains in play, at least, for now.

On Tuesday, a Leon County judge denied a request to block the controversial new map from going into effect while a case from voting rights groups is heard.

Plaintiffs, including the League of Women Voters, Common Cause and the Equal Ground Education Fund, had requested a preliminary injunction earlier this month to pause the new map pending a final ruling from a court.

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