Maryland Rep. Johnny Olszewski calls for national redistricting reform

Maryland legislators advance redistricting plan after tense hearing

Maryland legislators advanced a partisan congressional redistricting bill Jan. 27, sending it to the floor amid support from Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. Senate backing remains uncertain and Republicans are criticizing the process. The post Maryland legislators advance redistricting plan after tense hearing appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers.

Maryland Rep. Johnny Olszewski calls for national redistricting reform

Maryland Rep Johnny Olszewski will not say if the state should redraw its congressional maps ahead of the midterms. As the state considers whether to redraw its congressional maps ahead of the midterm elections, Olszewski said Congress needs to step in and stop the practice altogether. “We can stop it everywhere by passing comprehensive national redistricting reform,” Olszewski said. | RELATED: Maryland Senate President Ferguson pushes back on G…

Wes Moore defends Maryland redistricting push as critics say he's 'stealing' their votes

Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) defended his state’s redistricting push to Congress on Tuesday, arguing that his effort was meant to “hear” the voice of the people rather than “stealing” their votes. Speaking to the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, Moore condemned nationwide Republican redistricting efforts while painting his efforts as righteous and democratic. “From day one, I have been very clear that if there was a national conversatio…

1/29/2026 Bayside Editorial: Redistricting wrong here and elsewhere - Worcester County News Bayside Gazette

Redistricting wrong here and elsewhere Oh, boo-hoo to Maryland’s Republican lawmakers who are yowling about the unfairness of the Democrats’ effort to redistrict Rep. Andy Harris (R-1st) out of a job in the next election. Their cries of foul and unfairness echo those bellowed by Democrats in Texas last summer and fall when Republican members of that state’s legislature started this mess by instituting rare mid-decade redistricting to benefit the…

Gov. Moore Tells Lawmakers To ‘Debate The Map And Take The Vote’ On Proposed Redistricting Map - The BayNet

(Map courtesy of the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission) NOTE: The Office of the Governor shared the following press release: ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Governor Wes Moore today testified before the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee in support of House Bill 488, which establishes a new congressional map as recommended by the bipartisan Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission. The governor urged the Maryland General Assembly to…