Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Sunday his state is not “going to sit on our hands” amid the nationwide redistricting fight.
Last week, Moore formed a redistricting advisory commission to explore redrawing Maryland’s congressional maps.
“If other states are going to go through this process, that we’re not just going to sit on our hands because Donald Trump tells us to,” Moore told CBS’s Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation. “That’s not the way this process is going to work.
Moore, echoing his Tuesday press release, said Sunday the commission will speak with Marylanders across the state in a quest to draw “fair maps.” Maryland currently has seven Democrats and one Republican in its House delegation.
The push from Moore comes as California voters, with over 64 percent in support, passed Proposition 50 to give the state legislature authority over the Golden State’s congressional maps until an independent commission reclaims control in 2030.
The proposition was backed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) after Republicans in the Texas Legislature, with the support of President Trump, redrew the Lone Star State’s congressional maps in August.
Republicans in Missouri and North Carolina have followed Texas’s lead, while Republicans and Democrats in Ohio compromised on a map that could give the GOP an edge in two districts next November.
“If other states are going to have this process and go through this journey of identifying whether or not they have fair maps in a mid-decade cycle, then so should Maryland,” Moore added.
