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Lawsuits Flying Over Florida's Redistricting

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Florida's legislature has released its new legislative and congressional maps as part of the once-every-decade redistricting process, and the lawsuits are already flying. Democrats and watchdog groups say the new maps violate constitutional amendments that require districts to be drawn without regard to political parties or incumbents. The process is likely to be tied up in the courts for months, but the proposed maps are already having an impact — including forcing Tea Party favorite, Congressman Allen West, to leave his old district for one that's friendlier to Republicans.

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The incumbents are overwhelmingly favored by this, and it is by any stretch of the imagination and highly weighted in a state that is a - really right down the center in terms of performance, it is highly weighted to the Republicans by something like a 20 to 7 margin.

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