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Top Maryland Democrat is fighting for his job after resisting redistricting plan
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As Republican Indiana state senators lost their seats this week in a revenge-fueled primary after defying President Donald Trump on redistricting, the prominent Maryland Democrat who also sank partisan gerrymandering took note.
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) faces a Democratic version of that retribution, drawing the most difficult primary challenge of his 16-year career.
Like the ousted Indiana Republicans, Ferguson defied demands from his party’s leaders to create new congressional maps to boost chances of controlling the U.S. House. He, too, faces political consequences after rejecting efforts to eliminate the state’s one GOP-leaning House district.
While the Maryland-style payback from fellow Democrats does not resemble the overt revenge campaign waged in Indiana by Trump and his Republican allies, Ferguson is left aggressively defending a seat unlike ever before.
Gov. Wes Moore (D), who led the redistricting charge, pointedly did not include him in a list of more than 160 primary endorsements in state and local races released Thursday, boosting Democrats the governor said would “push back and push forward.”
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) faces a Democratic version of that retribution, drawing the most difficult primary challenge of his 16-year career.
Like the ousted Indiana Republicans, Ferguson defied demands from his party’s leaders to create new congressional maps to boost chances of controlling the U.S. House. He, too, faces political consequences after rejecting efforts to eliminate the state’s one GOP-leaning House district.
While the Maryland-style payback from fellow Democrats does not resemble the overt revenge campaign waged in Indiana by Trump and his Republican allies, Ferguson is left aggressively defending a seat unlike ever before.
Gov. Wes Moore (D), who led the redistricting charge, pointedly did not include him in a list of more than 160 primary endorsements in state and local races released Thursday, boosting Democrats the governor said would “push back and push forward.”