Rep. Corrine Brown disappointed with redistricting ruling, but will still run

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Rep. Corrine Brown plans to run for re-election in her district despite its newly redrawn lines.

Her decision comes after a federal court rejected her motion to stop the enforcement of the Florida Supreme Court-ordered plan to redraw her district’s boundaries.

That doesn’t necessarily mean that her redistricting fight is over.

She said she’s still “mulling” her options and reviewing the federal court’s ruling with attorneys to figure out her next move.

Brown said last month she was willing to take the fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a statement Wednesday, Brown said she’s “very disappointed” in the federal court’s decision, because she feels that the new district lines put minority voters at a disadvantage.

In the meantime, she is the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations that she used campaign funds for personal purposes, improperly solicited charitable donations and other violations.

Action News Jax was the first local station to report that the head of a charity with close ties to Brown pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

There is also a possible Department of Justice investigation into the congresswoman.

Brown has refused to answer Action News Jax's questions about the investigations or the federal subpoena with which she was served earlier this year.

"If I've hired a team of attorneys and they told me to zip it or else they would divorce me, I don't know what you think I'm going to say," Brown said in March.

Brown was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Her spokesman said she will be back in Jacksonville on Friday.

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