ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis says the 2020 census numbers for Florida need “fixing” in a way that would give the Sunshine State another congressional seat.

The Republican governor blamed the U.S. Census Bureau last month for shortchanging Florida following the last head count of every U.S. resident and said that the nation’s third-most populous state deserves an extra seat in the House.

The once-a-decade census figures are used to divvy up congressional seats among the 50 states in a process known as apportionment and guides the distribution of $2.8 trillion in federal spending every year. Florida gained one additional House seat after the 2020 census, raising its total to 28.

“We are going to press this issue,” DeSantis said last month at an Aug. 20 news conference. “This is

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