TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - The House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting met Thursday for the first time to discuss redrawing Florida’s 28 congressional seats, though lawmakers do not yet have a proposed map.

Florida has joined other states where lawmakers are considering changing congressional maps ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

“Redistricting is a matter that affects every Floridian and is a matter that is vital to the functioning of our constitutional republic,” said Rep. Mike Redondo , R-Miami.

President Donald Trump has asked Republican-leaning states to redraw their boundaries as part of an attempt to hold on to their slim majority in Congress. Four states have given more seats to Republicans, and several others are considering

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