US EditionMaryland House Approves New Congressional Map
The new map aims to flip Maryland's sole GOP U.S. House seat to Democrats, with a 99-37 House vote pushing it toward a contentious Senate review.
- On Monday, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill 99-37 to redraw the congressional map and sent it to the Senate, with a vote along party lines.
- Gov. Wes Moore first proposed changing maps in August and formed the Governor's Redistricting Advisory Commission, which voted 3 to 2 to recommend a mid-cycle redraw amid redistricting in other states.
- Del. C.T. Wilson sponsored a map that nearly entirely reshapes District 1 by cutting Eastern Shore conservatives and adding Democrats from Howard and Anne Arundel counties to challenge Rep. Andy Harris.
- The Senate now confronts a bill facing uncertain support, with Senate President Bill Ferguson warning of legal risks and Republican lawmakers threatening lawsuits that could disrupt the Feb. 24 candidate filing deadline and June 23 primary.
- Given past court rulings, legal challenges could affect Maryland's U.S. House delegation, which Democrats currently hold seven of eight seats and may win all eight under the new map.
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Maryland’s State House Passes New Congressional Map
Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty On Monday, the Maryland state House passed a new Congressional map. While this is a crucial step in potentially putting another House seat in play for Democrats during the midterms, the Maryland redistricting effort may face significant pushback in the state Senate. According to NBC News, Maryland’s new Congressional map would effectively give Democrats control of all eight of the state’s Congressional distric…
The Maryland House of Representatives approved Monday a new map of Congress that could allow Democrats to win the only Republican-occupied seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but leadership in the state Senate has said since October that the bill does not have enough support to advance in that chamber, largely because of concerns that it could be counterproductive. Maryland House of Representatives continued with an unusual redistribution…
Redistricting bill sails through House, faces troubled waters in the Senate
The House of Delegates voted 99-37 Monday night, on near-party line vote, to approve House Bill 488, which would redraw the state's eight congressional districts. (Photo Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters)The House gave final approval Monday to a bill that would redraw the state’s eight congressional districts, following an exhaustive four hours of passionate, sometimes personal debate. The House passed House Bill 488 by a vote of 99-37 that broke …
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