Hogan to sign new Maryland congressional map into law
Hogan said the Maryland Attorney General’s Office agreed to abandon its appeal of a Maryland judge’s ruling finding the state’s previous congressional map was the “product of extreme partisan gerrymandering.” As a result, Hogan agreed to enact the new map that Democrats in the General Assembly passed last week.
This means that, after months of legal wrangling, Maryland’s congressional map is likely set for the upcoming midterm elections and for the next decade, ending the uncertainty that had complicated congressional campaigns.Anne Arundel County Senior Judge Lynne Battaglia found the map Democrats passed in December to be an unconstitutional gerrymander and had ordered the General Assembly to draw a new congressional map that would comply with rules in the constitution.
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said in a statement that “both sides” would drop the litigation, enabling the state to “move forward to the primary election.” “We are pleased Governor Hogan has agreed to sign the proposed congressional redistricting map approved by the General Assembly,” Frosh said."This map, like the one previously passed by the General Assembly, is Constitutional and fair.”
A spokesman for the governor said that Battaglia’s approval of the congressional map would no longer be required.
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