In a party-line vote that could set up a Duval versus Nassau County state Senate race, the House Redistricting Committee passed redrawn versions Friday of the House and congressional maps.

The House map places Jacksonville Republican state Reps. Charles McBurney and Mike Weinstein in a district that covers southeast Jacksonville using the St. Johns River as its western border.

If the map a probable court challenge, Weinstein says he’d think about a run for the Senate seat being vacated by Stephen Wise, R-Jacksonville, due to term limits. Currently, Nassau County Republican Aaron Bean is filed to run for that seat.

The race would pit two experienced, well financed candidates against each other. Including political committees, Bean’s has $249,356 in the bank, while Weinstein is sitting on $214,708. Because the 85 percent of the proposed district’s population comes from Duval County, Weinstein said a Jacksonville candidate would be “substantially advantaged.”

McBurney said he will run for reelection no matter where he lands.

The amended map also gives state Rep. Janet Adkins’ Nassau County-based district the Dames Point Bridge. The bridge would be the only connecting point across the St. Johns River, which splits the proposed district. Questions about the previous proposal were raised because the only crossing point would have been the Mayport ferry, which may soon be shut down.

The committee spent most of the meeting teeing off on amendments filed by the supporters of new Fair Districts constitutional amendments. The group’s proposed House and congressional maps, which were defeated by a unanimous vote, were torn to pieces because committee members said they drew less compact districts, and were filed less than three days before the scheduled vote.

“I think it is ironic that a group whose battle cry has been transparency filed their amendment 60 hours before” the scheduled vote, said state Rep. Chris Dorworth, R-Lake Mary.

The Fair Districts supporters say the proposed St. Augustine-based District 17 that includes state Rep. Ronald “Doc” Renuart, R-Ponte Vedra Beach, is “gerrymandered” to keep him from having to face Adkins, whose proposed district stops just north of Renuart’s residence.

“District 17’s northern border barely catches Renuart’s residence,” the letter reads. “By carefully keeping Renuart in District 17 and Adkins in District 11, they … are not pitted against one another.”

Staff director Alex Kelly made two points when dismissing the claim. First, he said the seats are constitutional because they use the border between Duval and St. Johns County, and second the Fair District’s amendment “uses the same line.”

The committee also passed the redrawn congressional lines with no major changes to Northeast Florida, and rubber-stamped the Senate maps approved the Senate Redistricting Committee. The full House will vote on the proposals next week.