House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Republicans on Wednesday that efforts to redraw the Florida congressional map will backfire on the GOP. Speaking to reporters in Washington, Jeffries noted that Democrats have already flipped several seats in local elections around the Sunshine State in recent months.

Alex Alvarado wrote in an analysis for the Civic Data and Research Institute that, according to modeling, aggressive redistricting would raise the number of competitive seats in Florida from four to seven, but wouldn’t give Republicans any net gain.

Chairman Evan Power didn’t hold back this week after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries signaled that Florida is a primary target in a looming national battle over redistricting. The verbal fireworks began when Jeffries reportedly suggested a high-stakes effort to overhaul Florida’s congressional maps.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is threatening that House Democrats will target eight Republican incumbents in Florida if state lawmakers redraw Florida’s congressional map.

Florida Republican primary gubernatorial challenger James Fishback gets a cheering welcome from University of Central Florida students during a campaign rally on campus, Thursday

Florida’s Republican leadership is sounding the alarm over a new redistricting referendum in Virginia, calling the move a calculated effort by Democrats to manipulate congressional boundaries. Evan Power,

Florida lawmakers will return to the state Capitol in May to settle a state budget, the second straight year of overtime work to resolve differences.

Bale Dalton, the Democrat running in Florida’s 7th Congressional District in north Central Florida against GOP incumbent Cory Mills, is calling on Mills to resign. Mills has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee since November regarding allegations of sexual misconduct,

The popular “looksmaxxer” was hospitalized after a suspected overdose during a livestream.