Top Maryland Democrat torpedoes state's redistricting push

[RandySF]

The Democratic leader of the Maryland Senate on Tuesday sent a letter to dozens of state lawmakers rejecting the party’s effort to redistrict in the state, bucking Democrats’ national effort to redraw congressional lines.

Bill Ferguson, the Maryland Senate president who for months has been privately castigated by Democrats who support redistricting, laid out why he wants to block any legislative effort to try to get one additional congressional seat for Democrats in Maryland.

“I want to … provide some additional clarity regarding why; after speaking with many of you individually, the Senate is choosing not to move forward with mid-cycle redistricting,” Ferguson wrote in a three-page letter sent Tuesday evening to all members of the chamber’s Democrats.

“Despite deeply shared frustrations about the state of our country, mid-cycle redistricting for Maryland presents a reality where the legal risks are too high, the timeline for action is dangerous, the downside risk to Democrats is catastrophic, and the certainty of our existing map would be undermined,” he wrote.



https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/28/maryland-redistricting-senate-president-bill-ferguson-00626808

[Midwestern Democrat]

1. He's correct - it's simply not worth it to do something like this for one single congressional seat. NT

[SunSeeker]

2. He's wrong. One seat makes a HUGE difference. It's why Johnson won't seat Grijalva.

Johnson refuses to bring the House back in session because he doesn't want to have to swear in Grijalva, because she is the 118th vote that is needed to release the Epstein files.

In a tightly divided House, every single seat is crucial in stopping Trump’s fascist agenda.