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Another Black organization is urging U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida’s 20th Congressional District.

In a three-page statement shared with media outlets, the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida urged Wasserman Schultz to stay out of CD 20 and instead run in the newly drawn Florida’s 22nd Congressional District — a competitive seat the organization says she is well-positioned to win.

“At a time when aggressive redistricting has already weakened minority voting strength across Florida, the preservation of Black political representation is not optional. It is essential,” the group said.

“We do not need the easy win. We need the meaningful win. … And let there be no confusion about what is at stake in this moment: Black political representation in Florida is now on the line.”

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'Representation matters': DNC members condemn Wasserman Schultz's run in historically-Black district

Nearly all of the elected members of the Florida Democratic National Committee have condemned Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s (D- Weston) decision to run for reelection in Florida’s new 20th congressional district.

In a statement released Tuesday, 10 of the 15 elected members of the Florida DNC said that by running in the historically Black district, Wasserman Schultz was undermining Black political representation.

“Our party cannot credibly denounce the dismantling of Black political power by Republicans while treating one of Florida’s few remaining majority-Black districts as a political opportunity for an incumbent seeking a safer seat. We cannot claim to defend voting rights, racial justice, and representation while undermining Black political power when it becomes politically convenient,” the statement said.

Signees included Daniel Henry, Vice Chair of the Florida Democratic Party.

Clip of article from The Miami Herald

Wasserman Schultz’s FL-20 run ‘undermining Black political power,’ DNC members say

Almost all of Florida’s elected Democratic National Committee members are condemning Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s decision to run for reelection in a district previously drawn to ensure Black voters’ representation but targeted for redistricting by Gov. Ron DeSantis this year. “Our party cannot credibly denounce the dismantling of Black political power by Republicans while treating one of Florida’s few remaining majority-Black districts as a political opportunity for an incumbent seeking a safer seat,” a group of 10 elected Florida DNC members wrote in a statement released Tuesday. All but two of the party’s 11 non-officer, elected members signed the letter, as well as the Florida Democratic Party’s first vice chair, Daniel Henry. The letter follows Wasserman Schultz’s announcement that she would run for Florida’s 20th District after DeSantis and the state Legislature rearranged congressional district boundaries in South Florida, leaving just three left-leaning districts in a region with five Democratic incumbents.

Wasserman Schultz, in Congress for more than 20 years, chose to run in a safe blue seat where a Democrat is all but guaranteed to win in the general election, instead of in one of the surrounding districts, newly drawn to favor Republicans. Wasserman Schultz lives in Florida’s new 22nd District, which stretches from Coral Springs to Marco Island. Her previous voters were split five ways in Florida’s new voting maps, but only a small portion of them were drawn into the 20th District.