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FM123

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1. Our beloved Val is running for the Senate and she has a good chance to win!

Reply to wryter2000 (Original post)

Wed Aug 24, 2022, 03:17 PM

Aug 2022

Her district is no longer blue, DeSatan saw to that. Even if she stayed in the House, she probably wouldn't have been able to keep her seat.

A new map signed into law last week by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis will eliminate two Black-led congressional districts in Florida.

On the chopping block: Florida's 5th Congressional District, currently represented by Democrat Al Lawson, which connects Black communities from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. Under the new map, Jacksonville, the city with the largest Black population in the state, is divided into two Republican-leaning districts.

Also skewered: the 10th Congressional District, currently represented by Rep. Val Demings, a Black Democrat. The new map reduces Black voters in the Orlando-area district. Demings is currently running for the US Senate.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/politics/florida-black-congressional-districts-ctzn/index.html

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Our beloved Val is running for the Senate and she has a good chance to win! FM123 Aug 2022 #1

Thanks. wryter2000 Aug 2022 #2