Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Despite Florida’s constitutional prohibition against gerrymandered district maps, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday morning released a new proposed district map intended to boost his party. Of the Sunshine State’s 28 congressional districts, the GOP already controls 20, but under the governor’s plan, that total would grow to 24. DeSantis initially released his plan, which needs legislative approval, exclusively to Fox News.
* On a related note, in Mississippi, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is also moving forward with plans for a special session to consider a new map in anticipation of a Supreme Court ruling on redistricting.
* In California, a proposed billionaire tax appears to have the signatures needed to be on the statewide ballot. Incidentally, a proposed voter ID measure also appears to have crossed the same threshold.
* Though this might seem difficult to believe, former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned under a cloud of scandal last week, but the Florida Democrat is apparently moving forward with her re-election campaign anyway, setting the stage for a six-way primary in the Fort Lauderdale-area district.
* The Make America Healthy Again political action committee, aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., reportedly aspires to be a relevant force in the 2026 elections. However, it only has about $412,000 in available cash, much of which has come from the pharmaceutical industry that Kennedy ostensibly opposes.
* Interesting observation from The New York Times: There are only four Black Republicans in the House, and all four are giving up their seats this year to pursue other offices or to retire.
* The latest national Fox News poll found Democrats with a modest, five-point advantage over Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, 52% to 47%. The gap is effectively unchanged since the last poll Fox conducted in January.
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