Wes Moore doubles down on failed Maryland redistricting push: ‘We don’t have a choice but to act’

Published May 14, 2026 12:29pm ET | Updated May 14, 2026 12:29pm ET



Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is chiming back into the redistricting debate this week after his push to redraw the maps in the state’s last legislative session landed with a thud.

Maryland’s Democratic leadership has been split over redistricting this past year, as state Senate President Bill Ferguson refused to take up the issue in the upper chamber despite Moore’s public insistence that he do so. Although the legislative session ended in April without a new Free State map in play, Moore is renewing his calls for the Democratic gerrymander following the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais.

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