Federal court nixes challenge by Byron Donalds, GOP college groups to ’20 Census

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: July 8, 2026

Words: 942

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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A three-judge federal court in Tampa Tuesday again dismissed a lawsuit originally filed by Florida College Republican groups and later joined by Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds challenging the statistical methods the Census Bureau used in the 2020 Census.

The Republicans alleged that a proper count would have given Florida an additional U.S. House seat and an additional vote in the Electoral College but for the “vast use” of a statistical method known …

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