2026-04-23T09:00:51.090Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：莎拉·费里斯、弗雷德里卡·舒滕、史蒂夫·孔托尔诺
发布时间：2026年4月23日，美国东部时间上午5:00
华盛顿资深共和党人正在加大对佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯的施压，要求其重新绘制该州的美国众议院选区地图，此前弗吉尼亚州民主党人成功翻转了四个有望落入己方的席位。
距离中期选举仅六个月时间，共和党将佛罗里达州视为夺回唐纳德·特朗普总统去年夏天发起的重划选区之战战果的最后一次重大机会。他们希望在这个“阳光之州”拿下多达三个席位，以此让共和党重新获得重划选区带来的微弱优势——尽管这一优势远小于他们此前的预期。随着周二弗吉尼亚州的公投通过，据估算，民主党目前在全国范围内已在10个选区占据优势，而共和党为9个。
“佛罗里达州有权且有意这么做。在我看来，他们应该行动起来，”众议院议长迈克·约翰逊周三对记者表示。当被问及佛罗里达州议员是否应在中期选举前重划该州选区地图时，约翰逊说：“当然应该，毫无疑问。”
佛罗里达州一场审议重划选区的特别会议定于周二召开，但尚未有任何地图对外公布。德桑蒂斯的发言人未回应CNN关于该进程进展的置评请求。
参与重划选区工作的核心共和党人士表示，他们基本对德桑蒂斯的计划毫不知情。由于州内关于党派操纵选区划分的严格规定，州一级并未开展协调，佛罗里达州国会代表团内部也未正式传阅任何地图草案。
“他们现在才刚启动软件，看看能画出什么样的地图，但看起来没人有成型的计划，”一位接近德桑蒂斯核心圈子的人士本周早些时候告诉CNN。“他们知道必须有所行动，但所有人都希望我们别太贪心。”
众议员凯特·卡马克对CNN表示，她热切期待佛罗里达州共和党人重划选区地图，并认为共和党有望拿下两到三个席位，同时仍能“保持选区紧凑与公平”。
但她也警告本党不要走得太远：“如果我们认真考虑拿下五个席位，那可就踏入了某些危险地带。”
卡马克是众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯明确承诺将“积极争取击败”的八名佛罗里达州共和党议员之一。（对此威胁，她回应道：“放马过来吧。”）
并非所有共和党人都持支持态度。佛罗里达州国会代表团的一些议员——尤其是该州南部的议员——对在今年如此晚的节点推出新的选区地图愈发焦虑。据多名了解该工作进程的共和党人士透露，一些人 simply 反感被迫更换选区的想法；另一些人则担心自己或同僚的连任竞选可能因此陷入险境。
曾担任德桑蒂斯州务卿、如今代表坦帕地区选区的共和党众议员劳雷尔·李在被问及佛罗里达州是否应基于弗吉尼亚州的选举结果推进重划工作时态度谨慎。
“我相信州议会将独立做出他们认为合适的决定，不受其他一些州已做出的决定影响，”李说道。
共和党众议员安娜·保利娜·卢纳在最近接受CNN采访时指出，为2026年选举推出新地图，将是她参选的选区轮廓在四次选举中第三次发生变化。
“拜托了，各位，别这样，”卢纳开玩笑说。“又来一次。我都快有承诺恐惧症了。”
杰弗里斯周三嘲讽了该州长，暗示佛罗里达州的任何重划行动都将成为一场“德桑蒂斯式的愚蠢操纵选区”。
周三在杰克逊维尔签署法案期间，德桑蒂斯未提及新地图计划，但抨击了杰弗里斯承诺在今年11月击败共和党众议员的言论。
“请便，”德桑蒂斯说。“我会出钱请你来佛罗里达州竞选。我会让你住进佛罗里达州长官邸。我们还会带你去钓鱼。”
“没有什么比看到哈基姆·杰弗里斯在本州各地四处奔走更有利于佛罗里达州共和党人的了，”他补充道。“选民们不会喜欢他们看到的场景。”
与德桑蒂斯由来已久的紧张关系
许多共和党议员和幕僚都认为，佛罗里达州可以安全拿下两个席位——最多三个——而不会冒着危及现任议员的“愚蠢操纵选区”风险。但目前尚不清楚德桑蒂斯或州议会有何计划。
佛罗里达州国会代表团的担忧对德桑蒂斯来说不太可能产生太大影响。
这位佛罗里达州州长长期以来与本州共和党众议员关系紧张——即便在他本人任职美国众议院期间便是如此——而在2023年德桑蒂斯启动总统竞选时，双方关系急剧恶化。
代表团中的许多人转而支持特朗普，有时甚至采取了让本州州长极为难堪的方式。一些人特意在德桑蒂斯竞选启动之际宣布背书，另一些人则前往爱荷华为特朗普助选，并向党团会议参与者散播对德桑蒂斯执政记录的质疑。
熟悉德桑蒂斯想法的多名人士表示，盟友和对手都知道德桑蒂斯爱记仇——他并未释怀那些被视为冒犯的行为。
“一场逐底竞争”
弗吉尼亚州的重划选区结果也在国会山引发了新一轮质疑：共和党去年最初试图重划得克萨斯州选区的举措最终是否适得其反。
当被问及共和党在得克萨斯州开启操纵选区之战是否值得时，共和党竞选委员会主席众议员理查德·哈德森告诉CNN：“这不是我能决定的。”
自弗吉尼亚州选举结果出炉以来，长期批评本党重划选区举措的其他共和党人声音愈发响亮。代表宾夕法尼亚州摇摆选区的众议员布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克认为，共和党根本“不该走上这条道路”。
“我当初就觉得重划得克萨斯州选区是个坏主意，重划加利福尼亚州选区也是。我们应该努力平衡美国各地的选区，而非操纵每一个选区。这是一场逐底竞争，”他说。
但全国共和党人士辩称，在通常对执政党不利的中期选举周期中，他们别无选择，只能争取一切可能的优势。
“如果共和党没有主动出击，我们现在可能已经失去五个以上的席位。对此我深信不疑，”全国共和党重划选区信托基金执行主任亚当·金凯德周三对CNN表示。“通过主动出击、绘制更有利的选区地图，并更积极地捍卫那些面临诉讼的地图，我们的处境比原本要好得多。”
金凯德和特朗普顶级政治助手詹姆斯·布莱尔均表示，他们预计德桑蒂斯将制定一份经得起审查的地图。
“罗恩·德桑蒂斯之前就画过选区地图，”布莱尔周三对CNN记者达纳·巴什说。“如果他选择推进此事，他会以符合法律的方式绘制地图。”
CNN的马努·拉朱、劳伦·福克斯、安妮·格雷尔和艾莉森·梅恩为本报道贡献了内容。
Republicans pressure Ron DeSantis to redistrict in Florida after Virginia Democrats’ win
2026-04-23T09:00:51.090Z / CNN
By Sarah Ferris, Fredreka Schouten, Steve Contorno
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2026, 5:00 AM ET
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on April 10, 2025 in Miami, Florida.
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Senior Republicans in Washington are ramping up the pressure on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to redraw his state’s US House map after Virginia Democrats flipped potentially four seats in their favor.
With just six months until the midterms, Republicans see Florida as their last major chance to make gains in the redistricting war President Donald Trump launched last summer. They hope to pick up as many as three seats in the Sunshine State, which would give Republicans back their slight advantage from redistricting, though much smaller than they’d once hoped. With Tuesday’s referendum passing in Virginia, Democrats are estimated to have drawn 10 seats in their favor nationwide compared to the Republicans’ nine.
“Florida has the right and the intention to do it. And my view is that they should,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Wednesday. Asked if the Florida legislators should redraw the state’s maps before the midterms, Johnson said: “Yes, absolutely.”
A special session to consider redistricting in Florida is slated to start Tuesday, but no map has been publicly released. A DeSantis spokesperson did not respond to a CNN inquiry about its status.
Key Republicans involved in redistricting say they’ve been kept largely in the dark on DeSantis’ plans. There’s no coordination on the state level because of strict state rules around partisan gerrymandering, and no maps have been officially circulated within Florida’s congressional delegation either.
“They’re just kind of firing up the software now and seeing what they can draw, but it doesn’t seem like anyone has a plan,” someone close to DeSantis’ inner circle told CNN earlier this week. “They know they have to do something, but everyone is hoping we don’t get too greedy.”
Rep. Kat Cammack told CNN she is eager to see Florida Republicans redraw their maps and believes the GOP could pick up two or three seats and still “maintain compactness and fairness.”
But she also warned her party not to go too far: “I think that we get into some dangerous territory if we’re seriously considering five.”
Cammack is one of eight Florida Republicans that House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries specifically pledged to “aggressively target for defeat” if the state GOP advances a new map. (To that threat, she responded: “Bring it on.”)
Not all Republicans are on board. Some members of Florida’s congressional delegation – particularly those in the southern half of the state – are increasingly anxious about creating a potential new map so late in the year. Some simply dislike the idea of being forced into a new district; others are worried that they or their colleagues could have their reelection bids put in danger, according to multiple Republicans briefed on the effort.
GOP Rep. Laurel Lee, who once served as DeSantis’ secretary of state and now represents a Tampa-area district, was cautious when asked whether Florida should move ahead based on Virginia’s election results.
“I am sure that the legislature will make an independent decision about what they think is appropriate, separate from what some of the other states have decided to do,” Lee said.
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna noted in a recent interview with CNN that a new map for the 2026 election would mark the third time in four elections that the contours of the district she’s running in have changed.
“Please, guys, c’mon,” Luna said jokingly. “Not again. I’m having commitment issues.”
Jeffries taunted the governor on Wednesday, suggesting any Florida redraw would become a “DeSantis dummy-mander.”
At a bill signing Wednesday in Jacksonville, DeSantis did not address his plans for a new map but blasted Jeffries over his vow to knock off GOP House members this November.
“Please be my guest,” DeSantis said. “I will pay for you to come down to Florida and campaign. I’ll put you up in the Florida governor’s mansion. We’ll take you fishing.”
“There’s nothing that could be better for Republicans in Florida than to see Jeffries, Hakeem Jeffries everywhere around this state,” he added. “Voters will not like what they see.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends a conference in Miami, Florida, on April 7.
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Longstanding tensions with DeSantis
Many GOP lawmakers and operatives agree that Florida can safely pick up two seats – three at a maximum – without risking a so-called “dummy-mander” that endangers incumbents. But it’s unclear what DeSantis or the state legislature plan to do.
Concerns from Florida’s congressional delegation are unlikely to carry much weight with DeSantis.
The Florida governor has long had a strained relationship with the state’s Republican House members – even during his own time in the US House – and things deteriorated sharply in 2023 when DeSantis launched his presidential bid.
Many in the delegation backed Trump instead, sometimes in ways that seemed to maximize embarrassment to their home-state governor. Some timed their endorsement to coincide with DeSantis’ campaign rollout while others traveled to Iowa to stump for Trump and sow doubt in the minds of caucus-goers about DeSantis’ governing record.
DeSantis is known among allies and adversaries alike for holding grudges – and he has not moved past those perceived slights, according to several people familiar with his thinking.
‘A race to the bottom’
The Virginia redistricting result has also spurred a fresh round of questions on Capitol Hill about whether Republicans’ initial efforts to redraw Texas’ maps last year have ultimately backfired.
Asked whether it was worth it for Republicans to begin the gerrymandering fight in Texas, GOP campaign chief Rep. Richard Hudson told CNN: “That’s not up to me to decide.”
Other Republicans who have been long critical of the party’s redistricting push have grown more vocal since the Virginia results. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, who represents a Pennsylvania swing district, argued that Republicans should never have “gone down this path at all.”
“I thought Texas was a bad idea; California was a bad idea. We should be trying to balance every district in America, not gerrymandering every district in America. It’s a race to the bottom,” he said.
National Republicans, though, argued that they had no choice but to try for every possible advantage in a midterm cycle that is typically brutal for the party in power.
“If Republicans had not gone on offense, we would be down five or more seats. I’m confident of that at this point,” Adam Kincaid, executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, told CNN on Wednesday. “Between going on offense and drawing more favorable maps and being more aggressive in defending the maps that were being litigated, we have come out ahead of where we would have been otherwise.”
Kincaid and James Blair, a top Trump political aide, both said they expected DeSantis to craft a map that will withstand scrutiny.
“Ron DeSantis has drawn maps before,” Blair told CNN’s Dana Bash on Wednesday. “If he chooses to go forward, he will draw them in a way that’s compliant with the law.”
CNN’s Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer and Alison Main contributed to this report.