Maryland Redistricting Fight

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has publicly pressed Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson to allow an up‑or‑down vote on a mid‑cycle redistricting plan backed by Gov. Wes Moore that would redraw the state’s lone Republican U.S. House seat, rejecting Ferguson’s warning that such a move could backfire legally and politically. Ferguson rebuffed the push, saying most Senate Democrats oppose mid‑cycle redistricting because it could “backfire in our State courts and lose Democrats in Congress,” while Moore urged at least an open vote and Jeffries said he and Moore met with Maryland leaders and will continue to press, framing the map as a response to former President Trump’s alleged efforts to “rig the midterm elections.”