As Maryland fast-tracks an alternative congressional map to meet a judge's deadline, Republicans say the plan Democrats drew still dilutes their votes.
stands. The proposal appears to preserve Democrats’ 7-1 congressional advantage in the state, while reversing the previous map’s dramatic changes to the 1st District seat, held by Rep. Andy Harris , to make it more competitive.
Battaglia became the first judge in state history to rule that a congressional redistricting map had violated the state constitution. She threw out a map that Democrats passed last December, ruling that its districts were not compact and disrespected political subdivisions. Those rules have traditionally only been applied to state legislative districts.
“It’s a lot prettier than the map that Democrats passed in 2011 and most recently [last] year, but it’s up to courts to decide whether it’s fair,” Wasserman said. “It is the most visually compact way Democrat can hope to keep all seven of their current seats. For Democrats, this is about preventing the worst-case scenario, which is that they would actually lose seats in Maryland.
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