Retirees and students in Florida are seeking to defend 2020 census results against a GOP challenge [View all]

Source: AP

Updated 5:17 PM EDT, October 28, 2025


ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida university students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit filed by young Republican groups challenging the 2020 census results, saying they worry that the Trump administration won’t vigorously defend the case.

The Trump administration has attacked the 2020 census results instead of defending the head count, the Alliance for Retired Americans and the two University of Central Florida students wrote Tuesday in their motion to intervene. They said they are concerned that the Republican administration and the young Republican groups could reach a settlement that would alter 2020 census numbers and undercount people in nursing homes and college dorms.

The numbers gathered from the once-a-decade head count are used to determine how many congressional seats and Electoral College votes each state gets. They also guide the distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual federal spending.

But the 2020 census numbers have come under attack this year from Republicans, as President Donald Trump has been pressuring Republican-led state legislatures to redraw their congressional districts to benefit the GOP ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Revised census numbers from a successful lawsuit could be used in redistricting efforts.

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