How Florida’s Gerrymandered Maps Degrade Our Democracy With Rep. Rita Harris

After a two-week hiatus, Steph and Eddie return with Florida Representative from District 44, Rita Harris. We start by going into a bit of Rep. Harris’s background, how she made the decision to go from activism to electoral politics, and how reality differed from expectations of what it would be like to be a member of the Florida House of Representatives (14:20). We then talked over two of the bills that Harris sponsored that made it into law from the most recent session, but also some of the most distressing pieces of legislation that passed (24:40). Then, of course, we dug into the recent redistricting/Gerrymandering that’s taken place in Florida but also how we keep fighting when times are tough (38:20). Finally, we engaged in a little bit of hope for the 2026 midterms, dug into the story of how Rep. Harris started out as a Theater Kid, and shouted out her own podcast: In Session with Rep. Rita (54:56). In Session with Rep Rita Podcast Rep. Rita Harris Stephanie Vanos Eddie Geller