Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) speaks at a Sept. 22 news conference on utility bills, backed by Gov. Wes Moore (D) and House Speaker Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County). (Photo by Christine Condon/Maryland Matters)
Gov. Wes Moore (D) has a difficult, but not insurmountable, path to redraw the state’s eight congressional districts — and it may hinge on the first-term Democratic executive’s ability to win votes in the Senate.
With the House of Delegates apparently on board with the governor, Moore needs to find 24 votes in the 47-member Senate to add Maryland to the list of states redrawing their congressional maps to gain partisan advantage ahead of the 2026 elections. But Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) put his 34-member caucus on record against redistricting on Oct. 28 with a three-page letter outlining a series of arguments against it…