2026年4月29日19:22:14.619 UTC / 美联社、CNN政治频道
州参议员们周三在佛罗里达州塔拉哈西举行的特别会议上就重新划分选区法案SB 8-D进行辩论。
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佛罗里达州议会周三通过了一套新的国会选区划分方案，旨在最大化共和党在该州的选举优势，这是总统唐纳德·特朗普在今年中期选举前发起的全国选区重划斗争的一部分。
此次投票距州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯公布其选区划分方案仅两天，且与美国最高法院推翻《选举权法案》一项关键条款的判决在同一天出台。该判决可能会让民主党更难挑战共和党以削弱非白人选民影响力为目的重划国会选区的行为。
德桑蒂斯提出的方案可将共和党在佛罗里达州众议院代表团中的优势从当前的20席对8席扩大至24席对4席。潜在的4个席位增幅，与弗吉尼亚州民主党近期通过选区重划公投有望获得的席位增量相当，但该公投目前正在该州法院面临挑战。
佛罗里达州的新选区方案势必也会引发诉讼，尤其是该州宪法明确禁止为明确的党派目的进行选区重划。德桑蒂斯及其助手认为，这些宪法条款不会成为法律障碍，因为佛罗里达州最高法院此前已削弱了相关条款效力，而周三美国最高法院的判决再次弱化了这些条款。
一名州参议员的笔记本电脑在周三就SB 8-D法案进行辩论时展示了一份国会选区重划方案草案。
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佛罗里达州共和党人在两个立法议院都占据绝对多数优势，在这场仓促召开的特别会议上几乎未就新选区方案发表过多言论。该法案的提案人、来自迈尔斯堡的共和党众议员珍娜·珀森斯-穆利卡仅就“不断变化的法律环境”谨慎回应了民主党人就此次选区重划行动提出的质询。
“我认为这份选区方案很有可能在法律诉讼中得到支持，”珀森斯-穆利卡说道。
民主党人谴责该方案是一场党派权力博弈，目的是迎合特朗普，并伤害佛罗里达州绝大多数非共和党登记选民。
“你们这么做是因为你们白宫里的老爹正在将全国性政治目标注入本应由州主导的程序中，”来自圣彼得堡的民主党众议员米歇尔·雷纳对共和党同僚们说道。
Florida legislature approves new congressional map intended to boost Republicans in midterms
2026-04-29T19:22:14.619Z / Associated Press, CNN Politics
State senators listen to debate on SB 8-D, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Florida Legislature in Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday.
Mike Stewart/AP
The Florida Legislature on Wednesday approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans’ advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that President Donald Trump launched ahead of this year’s midterms.
The vote came just two days after Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his proposal and the same day that the US Supreme Court rolled back a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The decision could make it harder for Democrats to challenge Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts in ways that limit the influence of nonwhite voters.
DeSantis’ map could increase Republicans’ advantage in Florida’s House delegation to 24 to 4, up from the current split of 20 to 8. The potential four-seat gain is the same as what Virginia Democrats expect from a recent redistricting referendum, which is being challenged in state court there.
Florida’s new map is certain to face lawsuits as well, especially because the state constitution prohibits redistricting for explicitly partisan purposes. DeSantis and his aides believe those provisions will not be a legal barrier because they have been weakened previously by the Florida Supreme Court and again by Wednesday’s US Supreme Court ruling.
A state senator’s laptop displays a proposed congressional redistricting plan during debate on SB 8-D on Wednesday.
Mike Stewart/AP
Florida Republicans, comfortable in their supermajority in both legislative chambers, said little about the new districts during the whirlwind special session. The measure’s sponsor, Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka, Republican of Fort Myers, limited her remarks to careful answers about an “evolving legal landscape” as Democrats asked her about the redistricting effort.
“I believe that there is a likelihood that that map will be upheld against legal challenge,” Persons-Mulicka said.
Democrats decried it as a partisan power play to satisfy Trump and hurt the majority of registered Florida voters who are not Republicans.
“Y’all are doing this because y’all’s daddy in the White House is injecting national political objectives into what should be a state-driven process,” Rep. Michele Rayner, Democrat of St. Petersburg, told her Republican colleagues.
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