As President Trump pushes Republican-led states to redraw maps for next year’s congressional elections to benefit the GOP, Democrats are looking at where they can counter with their own redistricting.
With a Democratic governor and party control in both chambers of the state legislature, Maryland is one of the bluest states in the country and it’s one of the few states with a clear path forward to counter Republican redistricting.
However, the idea is struggling to gain support in either party.
Democrats already control seven of the state’s eight Congressional seats, but several advocates for redistricting believe Maryland could redraw an 8-0 map.
Maryland’s 1st Congressional District along the Eastern Shore has been held by Republican Andy Harris since 2011. And some residents aren’t too keen on the idea of losing their only GOP representative.
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