Commission Selects New Map For Western Md. House District

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An emergency commission is proposing a new congressional map for western Maryland that restores the Republican tilt it had a decade ago.
The new map approved Friday by Gov. Larry Hogan’s Commission on Sixth Congressional District Gerrymandering returns parts of conservative Frederick and Carroll counties to the 6th District.
More liberal parts of Montgomery County, closer to the nation’s capital, are returned to the 8th District.
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