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DeSantis Signs Contested Congressional Map After Nixon Protest

7/8/2026

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State Rep. Angie Nixon disrupted an April 2026 Florida House vote on congressional districts, prompting the 83-28 passage and Governor Ron DeSantis’s signing on May 4.
She argued the map violates the 2010 Fair Districts Amendment and threatens Black voters after Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision.
She wore a magenta jumpsuit and pink megaphone as a voting-rights coalition sued the map, which a judge allowed to take effect during litigation.

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State Rep. Angie Nixon disrupted an April 2026 Florida House vote on congressional districts, prompting the 83-28 passage and Governor Ron DeSantis’s signing on May 4.
She argued the map violates the 2010 Fair Districts Amendment and threatens Black voters after Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision.
She wore a magenta jumpsuit and pink megaphone as a voting-rights coalition sued the map, which a judge allowed to take effect during litigation.