ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Maryland Democrats have failed to redraw the state’s congressional map to boost their party’s chances in the midterm elections, a setback for Gov. Wes Moore who tried to blunt President Donald Trump’s own redistricting campaign. VERBATIM: The clock officially ran out on the proposal late Monday night as the state legislative […]
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Maryland: Democrats Fail Redistricting
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Maryland Democrats have failed to redraw the state’s congressional map to boost their party’s chances in the midterm elections, a setback for Gov. Wes Moore who tried to blunt President Donald Trump’s own redistricting campaign.
VERBATIM:
The clock officially ran out on the proposal late Monday night as the state legislative session ended, a casualty of internal party disagreements. In the end, the Maryland Senate left the bill in a committee, with Democrats who control the chamber concerned it could backfire under judicial review.
As the unusual mid-decade redistricting continues next week, Democrats will not be poised to pick up a seat in Maryland, where the proposed map would have made it easier for voters to oust the state’s lone Republican member of the U.S. House.
Gov. Moore calls President Trump’s effort to redraw congressional maps to favor Republicans… unfair.
Bernie Bennett, Washington.