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Crabby Maryland Dem Governor Pushes for Gerrymander

Increasingly crabby over pro-Republican redistricting efforts throughout the South, Maryland Democrat Gov. Wes Moore says he has not given up on gerrymandering the state’s sole Republican out of office, despite having had difficulty convincing his legislature to follow through.

“We don’t have a choice but to act, particularly when we’re watching the greatest assault on black voter representation around the country that we have seen in generations,” Moore told Politico when asked about the possibility of pro-Democrat redistricting in Maryland ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Since the Callais v. Louisiana Supreme Court ruling freed states from having to maintain majority-minority congressional districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act, a slew of Republican-controlled legislatures have moved to redistrict.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the state needs to move on redistricting.“We don’t have a choice but to act, particularly when we’re watching the greatest assault on Black voter representation … that we have seen in generations," he tells our @jmart.🔗 https://t.co/TQEj2WVWmI pic.twitter.com/HhEFnZK8mf— POLITICO (@politico) May 14, 2026

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the state needs to move on redistricting.“We don’t have a choice but to act, particularly when we’re watching the greatest assault on Black voter representation … that we have seen in generations," he tells our @jmart.🔗 https://t.co/TQEj2WVWmI pic.twitter.com/HhEFnZK8mf

So far, Tennessee has redistricted so as to disadvantage its sole Democrat representative, Louisiana’s legislature has advanced pro-Republican redistricting, and South Carolina could redraw its only Democrat district pending action from its governor and legislature. Similarly, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday called for a special session of the Georgia General Assembly in June to address redistricting in the Peach State.

The Southern scramble, coming on the heels of Virginia’s Supreme Court overruling pro-Democrat redistricting and Florida Republicans already redistricting in a special........

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