Dayhoff Soundtrack: Washington Examiner - Hayley Peterson: Md. GOP teams with minorities on alternate congressional map

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Washington Examiner - Hayley Peterson: Md. GOP teams with minorities on alternate congressional map

By: Hayley Peterson | 10/12/11 8:05 PM

Examiner Staff Writer http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/10/md-gop-teams-minorities-alternate-congressional-map

Maryland Republicans will present the General Assembly with several alternative redistricting maps next week in an effort to save Western Maryland's 6th District -- one of the state's two Republican-majority districts -- from turning blue.

Under a plan supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley's council on redistricting, the 6th District would lose four Republican-leaning counties and gain a slew of voters from liberal Montgomery County. O'Malley is expected to introduce a version of the plan to the General Assembly when it begins its special session on Monday.

Three alternative maps floated by state lawmakers would preserve the Republican solidarity of the current District 6, create a new conservative-leaning district in Anne Arundel County and parts of Southern Maryland, as well as add a majority-minority district along the Montgomery County border with Prince George's County.

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Among the Republicans proposing alternative maps are Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-Eastern Shore, Sen. Joseph M. Getty, R-Carroll and Baltimore counties, and Del. Michael Hough, R-Frederick and Washington counties. Hough's proposal, which was crafted by the Fannie Lou Hamer PAC, would create a black-majority district by adding Charles County to Prince George's County.

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http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/10/md-gop-teams-minorities-alternate-congressional-map

20111013 WEx Md GOP teams w minorities on alt map

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