Maryland Drops Mid-Decade Redistricting Push Amid Democratic Disagreement

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will not pursue a mid-decade redrawing of the state's congressional map after disagreeing with state Senate President Bill Ferguson over how to respond to Trump-driven redistricting efforts occurring nationally. The decision was reported in mid-April 2026, though related coverage of Maryland's 2026 General Assembly session, published in February 2026, described the broader political backdrop in which the redistricting question arose. A prior Maryland congressional map drawn in 2021, which would have made it easier for Democrats to flip the state's lone Republican-held congressional seat, was previously struck down by a judge as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. During the 2026 legislative session, congressional leaders reportedly traveled to Annapolis to encourage state lawmakers to pursue mid-cycle redistricting in response to national redistricting efforts led by Republicans and associated with President Trump. Maryland Democrats hold more than two-thirds of seats in the state legislature. The redistricting push ultimately did not move forward, reflecting disagreement between Moore and Ferguson on strategy. Separately, President Trump reportedly uninvited and then reinvited Gov. Moore to a White House meeting for governors during this period, though details of that episode's timing and reasoning were not fully specified across the available reporting. It remains unresolved whether Maryland Democrats will revisit redistricting later in the decade, and the precise nature of the Moore-Ferguson disagreement was not detailed in the available reporting.