Florida GOP Gains 4 House Seats, Tilts Midterms

0:00It's April 29th, from global headlines to breaking updates. This is Global News Today, powered by AI. Florida lawmakers just greenlit new congressional maps that tilt the scales toward Republicans, potentially handing them up to four extra seats in the House for this November's midterms. This drop comes right after the Supreme Court curbed how much race can factor into drawing those district lines, clearing a path for states like Florida to redraw without old restrictions. The Governor Ron DeSantis is set to sign it into law, and he's already calling the ruling a win that knocks out a state rule on racial considerations in. Redistricting, meanwhile, it's part of a bigger nationwide scramble, with Texas boosting Republicans by five seats, California countering for Democrats with five of. Their own and Virginia, tilting toward them, gains earlier this month. Florida's got 20 Republican House seats now, to seven Democratic ones, plus one open-spot-leaning blue.

1:00So these changes in Tampa, Orlando, and the Southeast Coast could lock in GOP control and flip the midterm balance.