TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature is giving up the fight and will not contest a court ruling that redraws all of the state’s 40 state senate districts for the 2016 election cycle.

The new Senate map recasts Florida’s political landscape, giving millions of people new representation and bolstering Democratic chances in 2016. It also ends a tumultuous process that led to four trials, three special sessions and eight rulings from the Florida Supreme Court. Continue reading…