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Sat Mar 19, 2022, 08:07 PM Mar 2022

The five states yet to draw US House maps

Seven months before a midterm election day that will decide control of a narrowly divided Congress, most states have completed the often contentious, sometimes downright ugly process of drawing new U.S. House district boundaries that will define the political decade ahead.

But in five states that lag behind, legislators and governors have yet to agree on the final contours of a map, and voters still do not know which candidates they will be able to vote for once fast-approaching primaries come around.

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FLORIDA - 28 seats

DeSantis has pledged to veto the legislature's map unless lawmakers agree to dismantle a majority-Black district in Northern Florida, a seat currently held by Rep. Al Lawson (D). DeSantis says the district violates the Voting Rights Act, though critics suspect he sees an opportunity to boost his own conservative credentials.

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LOUISIANA - 6 seats

Edwards vetoed a map approved by the Republican legislature. Republicans have until next Friday to come up with the votes to override his veto, though they would need at least a few independent or Democratic votes to do so.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-five-states-yet-to-draw-us-house-maps/ar-AAVgSIP

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