Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to call lawmakers back to Tallahassee next spring to redraw the state’s congressional district map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

“So we’re going to redistrict,” the governor told local news outlet, The Floridian. “The issue is that there is a Supreme Court decision that we are waiting on—the argument in October about Section 2 of the VRA [Voting Rights Act] that impacts Florida’s maps—so we’re going to do it next spring.”

That section of the Voting Rights Act prohibits states from passing laws discriminating against voters based on “race or color,” but in recent years has been used to require states to draw African American-majority congressional districts if they are able to.

That interpretation was challenged by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry in the ongoing case of Louisiana v. Callais, in which Landry said the interpretation conflicted with the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of Louisiana in that case, Florida would become the latest of many states to change its district map ahead of the midterms. Those states include Texas and California, both of which attempted to redraw their maps in a way that gave Republicans and Democrats, respectively, a favorable chance to gain at least five additional seats each. Both attempts have faced challenges in federal court.

“I am going to talk to [state Senator Ben] Albritton about when it makes sense to do it, but that will be done,” DeSantis added, specifying that it would most likely take place between March and May 2026. ”I think we are going to be required to do it because of this court decision.”

Redistricting plans are already in motion in the Florida statehouse. In September, State House Speaker Daniel Perez said that a select committee of 11 representatives would participate in redrawing Florida’s congressional map.

Eight Republicans and three Democrats make up the Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, which is chaired by Miami Rep. Mike Redondo.

The committee’s first meeting is set for Dec. 4.

The last congressional district map was signed into law on April 22, 2022, and was intended to last until 2032. However, multiple other states have sought to redistrict again ahead of that to increase their majority party’s presence in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Any further change to Florida’s congressional district map is likely to result in more Republican seats in the lower chamber. The 119th Congress includes 28 representatives from the Sunshine State, eight of whom are Democrats.

The Epoch Times reached out to Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) for comment on the possibility of a new congressional map but did not hear back by time of publication.

Lawrence Wilson contributed to this report.