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10 Nov, 3 tweets, 1 min read
New: Maryland Dems unveil four draft congressional maps, including two that would essentially leave Rep. Andy Harris (R) safe and two weak gerrymanders that could still give him a path to reelection. marylandmatters.org/2021/11/09/leg…
The most aggressive draft (#2) would flip Harris’s #MD01 from Trump +20 to Biden +10 - about as blue as Virginia. That’s pretty surprising, considering MD Dems could easily make it Biden +15 or more and have shown little restraint gerrymandering the state in the past.
Sorry, draft #3, not #2.

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