US EditionMoore on redistricting fight: Maryland not ‘going to sit on our hands’
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore created a bipartisan commission to consider redistricting that could eliminate the state's lone Republican seat amid nationwide partisan map changes.
- Last week, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced a commission to explore mid-decade redistricting aimed at the single Republican-held congressional seat in Maryland.
- After California's vote, momentum for legislative control of maps rose as California Gov. Gavin Newsom's Proposition 50 passed with roughly 64 percent and Republican-led legislatures in Texas, Missouri and North Carolina approved plans favoring the GOP.
- Under state law, the Maryland Assembly, where Democrats hold a supermajority, draws maps, and Moore would need to call a special session to proceed.
- Moore countered criticism by saying `fighting for democracy is never risky` and `My job is to make sure that I'm protecting the democratic process`, while Senate President Bill Ferguson opposed mid-cycle redistricting last month over legal risks.
- Maryland already has eight of nine House seats held by Democrats, and Moore says the bipartisan commission will hold hearings to balance out-of-state redistricting efforts.
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Gov. Moore: Maryland Won’t ‘Sit on Our Hands’ During Redistricting Fight
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday that his state is not "going to sit on our hands" amid the nationwide redistricting fight. The Democrat said that "if other states are going to go through this process ... we're not just going to sit on our hands, because Donald Trump tells us to. That's not the way this process is going to work." Moore's stance comes as California voters passed a propositiongranting the state Legisla…
Moore on redistricting fight: Maryland not ‘going to sit on our hands’
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Sunday his state is not “going to sit on our hands” amid the nationwide redistricting fight. Last week, Moore formed a redistricting advisory commission to explore redrawing Maryland’s congressional maps. “If other states are going to go through this process … we’re not just going to sit on our…
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