MD: Hoyer, Raskin pressure Ferguson to join national redistricting fight

WASHINGTON — Two Maryland congressional heavyweights are stepping further into the fight for redistricting and applying more pressure to an embattled state lawmaker.

Reps. Steny Hoyer and Jamie Raskin are sending a letter Monday to the state’s General Assembly that will argue against Senate President Bill Ferguson’s decision not to pursue a new congressional map. The letter marks another lever that presses against Ferguson’s resistance to redrawing Maryland’s congressional districts, as state and national Democrats try to keep up with Republicans’ redistricting spree. Hoyer and Raskin represent parts of Southern Maryland and Montgomery County, respectively.

“We can redistrict to make Maryland House seats more competitive in a way that counters the Trump national steamroller,” the letter says, “and we believe such an effort can survive any legal attack.”

The four-page letter, exclusively obtained by The Baltimore Sun, directly addresses the reasons Ferguson gave his colleagues for not pursuing a new map, responding to the legal concerns that Ferguson raised. It also details the redistricting battle that began in Texas earlier this year and the impact of the second Trump administration on Maryland, minimizing the Senate president’s concerns to the assembly, and applying congressional pressure to get Ferguson to redraw the state’s map.



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