About this episode

The episode discusses Florida's new congressional district map and its implications for the midterms, along with Janet Mills exiting the Maine Senate race.

Florida lawmakers have approved a new congressional district map designed to flip four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from Democrat control to Republican, giving Republicans better odds at maintaining control of the chamber. We discuss what this means for voters, how it affects the midterms and whether the redistricting wars will ever end. Plus, Maine Gov. Janet Mills ends her campaign for Senate. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, political correspondent Ashley Lopez, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro. This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Guests: Miles Parks, Ashley Lopez, Domenico Montanaro

Topics covered

• redistricting
• Florida politics
• Maine Senate race
• Republican strategy
• voter impact
• midterm elections

Keywords

• Florida
• redistricting
• Maine
• Janet Mills
• midterms
• Republicans

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Organizations: NPR

Places: Florida, Maine

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