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Bill Galvano: No new elections for senators whose districts change

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State Sen. Bill Galvano, who chairs his chamber’s redistricting panel, on Monday said sitting senators may not have to stand for re-election even if their districts change because of the current effort to reapportion the state Senate. Galvano, a lawyer and Bradenton Republican, spoke on the floor of the Senate during the first day of the Special Session to redraw the Senate’s district boundaries. He said that a new district’s number would keep the number of whatever old district it has the “most…

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Speaker Steve Crisafulli says Senate will (mostly) take the lead in redistricting Session

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The Florida House of Representatives briefly gaveled into Session in which Speaker Steve Crisafulli told his 120-member chamber to expect to take a back seat to the state Senate, which like the House returned to Tallahassee Monday for the third time this year. “Since the subject of this session is the Senate map, we’ve established the Senate to proceed first,” said Crisafulli. “I think it is wholly appropriate that body takes the lead on sending a compliant map to us. “If we…

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Senate Majority Leader outlines proposed schedule for redistricting Session

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The office of Republican Majority Leader state Sen. Bill Galvano on Friday released a detailed outline of the schedule lawmakers will follow as they redraw Senate maps in accordance with a consent judgment wherein the chamber admitted it violated the state constitution during the decennial redistricting process in 2011. A quick look at the schedule the majority leader wants Senate President Andy Gardiner to implement, per Galvano’s memo: Monday, October 19 o 12:00 p.m. – Special Session convenes. Chair Simmons and I will be available…

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In directive, Florida elections chief declares it a “year of apportionment,” freeing up state Senate campaigns

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In an announcement that will only further shake up campaign machinations across the state, Secretary of State Ken Detzner has issued a directive declaring 2016 a “year of apportionment.” That means all candidates for the Senate – including those set to term out in 2018 – can continue to collect campaign funds and collect petitions across the state, not just the district for which they are running. “[W]hile state senate candidates seeking 2016 ballot placement will be running for office based on newly drawn district lines,…

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Dean Cannon deserves some credit, too, for House’s redistricting success

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There’s little doubt that if there is any “winner” emerging from our long state nightmare, the case of the redistricting that just wouldn’t end, it is the Florida House. After all, as the Florida Supreme Court said back in 2012 — and as the memo announcing a third special session forcefully reaffirmed — the maps the House drew contained the only boundaries that got out of the dysfunctional 2011 process intact. House Speaker Will Weatherford even got the coveted plaudit of “shining…

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Florida Legislature will return to redraw Senate maps

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Legislative leaders announced Tuesday they will hold a special session to redraw the state’s 40 Senate districts after the chamber acknowledged it violated the state Constitution by creating maps that benefit Republicans and incumbents. The decision comes less than three weeks after the state Supreme Court threw out the congressional districts the GOP-dominated Legislature approved, saying those maps were drawn to favor Republicans. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner said that ruling would have implications for the…

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