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The Joseph Woodrow Hatchett U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Tallahassee. | Andrew Pantazi, The Tributary
March 28, 2024

Federal court rejects challenge to North Florida redistricting

The judges said plaintiffs failed to show the Legislature was discriminating when it eliminated a majority-Black congressional district in North…

By Andrew Pantazi, The Tributary

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Congressional District 5 looked like this from 2016 until 2022, when the Legislature accepted a new map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis' office.
September 5, 2023

Judge rejects North Florida congressional map

Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh ruled that a map pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis was unconstitutional because it diminished the…

By Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida

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Second Judicial Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh questions Florida attorneys in the congressional redistricting hearing.
August 25, 2023

Judge expresses doubts over state’s redistricting arguments

A Florida judge pressed the state’s lawyers on whether they were asking him to contradict past precedent.…

By Andrew Pantazi, The Tributary

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The Florida Capitol. | Andrew Pantazi. The Tributary
August 23, 2023

Is Voting Rights Act on trial in Florida? Redistricting case could have broad impact

A redistricting battle over a North Florida congressional district could have national implications for Black voting rights.…

By Andrew Pantazi, The Tributary and Mary Ellen Klas - Miami Herald

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August 21, 2023

Hearing set this week on North Florida redistricting

A judge will decide whether state lawmakers must reinstate Congressional District 5, a Black majority district that included Jacksonville.…

By Valerie Crowder - WUSF

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The Florida Legislature passed this new congressional district map in April 2022 after Gov. DeSantis vetoed the previous attempt. | Florida Legislature
June 11, 2023

OPINION | ‘DeSantismander’ deserves a legal challenge

Florida’s congressional district map is a fraud, and the most glaring example is my district.  No offense to Aaron Bean,…

By A.G. Gancarski

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Congressional Black Caucus Executive Director Vince Evans, center, smiles as Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Maryland), left, and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-South Carolina) greet each other during a meeting with members of the National Pan Hellenic Council on June 14, 2022. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today.
June 20, 2022

From Green Cove Springs to D.C.: Congressional Black Caucus executive director has local roots 

A Jax Today Q&A with Vince Evans Vince Evans stood against a wall, listening and nodding as Rep. Sheila Jackson…

By Will Brown

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Mayor Lenny Curry and Gov. Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville
April 17, 2022

OPINION | Who wants to be a congressman?

There was no surprise, none at all, for readers of this column regarding what the Florida Legislature would do with…

By A.G. Gancarski

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The proposed Congressional District 5 would be entirely within Duval County | House of Representatives
February 27, 2022

OPINION | House redistricting map creates Jax-only CD5…lands with a thud

The intramural pissing match between Republicans in Tallahassee continues, and no clear resolution is at hand as they try to…

By A.G. Gancarski

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla., right, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 in Washington, during the opening session of the 116th Congress. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 6, 2022

OPINION | Lawson for Lt. Gov?

Will Florida’s 5th Congressional District, which connects Jacksonville’s Urban Core to Gadsden County while hugging the Georgia border, become a…

By A.G. Gancarski

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla., right, on Capitol Hill in 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
January 23, 2022

OPINION | Corrine’s revenge? Ron DeSantis goes after Al Lawson

Is Gov. DeSantis trying to do what Jacksonville Democrats could not, in removing Al Lawson from Congress? That is one…

By A.G. Gancarski

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