Maryland Adopts New Congressional Map for 2022

Maryland has adopted new Congressional districts following the 2020 Census. The map, while much cleaner than the map from the past decade, has still drawn accusations of gerrymandering by Republicans.

From Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight:

The [new] map keeps Maryland’s current balance of power of seven Democratic-leaning seats and one Republican-leaning seat. However, the GOP-held 1st District does become more competitive under the plan, moving from a partisan lean of R+28 to just R+8. (Democrats opted against advancing an even more aggressive plan that would have placed blue Annapolis in the 1st District, making it a pure swing seat.) Two Democratic-held districts, the 2nd and 6th, also go from leans of higher than D+15 to lower under the map.

The map was vetoed by Governor Larry Hogan on December 9, but the veto was promptly overridden by both the House of Delegates and State Senate the following day.

Click the map below to access an interactive page on FiveThirtyEight.com, where you can compare the old and new maps and see the partisan lean of each district.

The General Assembly isn’t expected to debate state level maps until after the new year.