Over the last 25 years, Maryland Democrats have gradually redrawn the state’s congressional maps to reduce the number of Republicans in federal office.
Now that Rep. Andy Harris is the lone Republican member of Congress from Maryland, that’s still too many for some Democrats who see the battles being waged in Texas and other states and want a special session called this year to redraw the map.
And while not every leading Democrat in Maryland is on board with the idea, even those preaching caution aren’t ruling it out.
If it happens, it would need to be done this year since the filing deadline for next year’s elections is in February and any changes would surely spawn a legal challenge. And during an event in Randallstown on Monday, Senate President Bill Ferguson said it’s too early to s