Where should Wasserman Schultz run for Congress? Not here, Black Democrats say

U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks to reporters during a press conference after touring Alligator Alcatraz. The facility is within the Florida Everglades, 36 miles west of the central business district of Miami, in Collier County, Florida Saturday, July 12, 2025. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com

By Claire Heddles

Gov. Ron DeSantis split up Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s South Florida voters into five different districts in his newly approved maps, leaving her with complicated options as Black Democratic leaders and candidates fight to keep her out of at least one of those districts.

Only two of the five districts her voters were split into favor a Democratic candidate — and both of those districts were created in 1992 under the Voting Rights Act to ensure Black voters could elect a candidate of their choice.

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