wbaltv.com: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/redistricting-maryland-senate-president-now-open-to-special-session/71390344

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Published: Saturday, May 23, 2026

Maryland Senate president signals potential for redistricting Skip to content NOWCAST WBAL-TV 11 News Tonight Live Now Menu Search News Policies News Local News National News Consumer News Investigates Data Journalism Entertainment Health 11 TV Hill News We Love Get The Facts Project Community Upload Weather Radar Closings Map Room Webcams Traffic Politics Sports Olympics Contests Advertise with WBAL About Contact Very Local Titan TV Guide News Team Internships Editorials MeTV Baltimore Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement Maryland Senate president signals potential to reconsider redistricting in special session Ferguson: "The rules have changed ... Maryland must respond as the groun

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Maryland Senate president signals potential for redistricting Skip to content NOWCAST WBAL-TV 11 News Tonight Live Now Menu Search News Policies News Local News National News Consumer News Investigates Data Journalism Entertainment Health 11 TV Hill News We Love Get The Facts Project Community Upload Weather Radar Closings Map Room Webcams Traffic Politics Sports Olympics Contests Advertise with WBAL About Contact Very Local Titan TV Guide News Team Internships Editorials MeTV Baltimore Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement Maryland Senate president signals potential to reconsider redistricting in special session Ferguson: "The rules have changed ... Maryland must respond as the ground shifts under us." Maryland Senate president signals potential to reconsider redistricting in special session Ferguson: "The rules have changed ... Maryland must respond as the ground shifts under us." 11 NEWS. TORI. THANK YOU. NEW TONIGHT OUT OF ANNAPOLIS. SENATE PRESIDENT BILL FERGUSON SAYS HE’S CONSIDERING A SPECIAL SESSION AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REDISTRICT MARYLAND BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER. THIS IS SOMETHING THE GOVERNOR AND DEMOCRATS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR. BUT FERGUSON BLOCKED, SAYING IT MIGHT NOT BE LEGAL TO DO SO, ADDING THAT DEMOCRATS COULD LOSE SEATS. NOW, HE SAYS, AFTER RECENT SUPREME COURT RULINGS, THINGS HAVE CHANGED. FERGUSON SAYS THOSE MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE PRIMARY, AND THE PLAN WOULD LIKELY SEE A MAJOR CHANGE TO DISTRICT ONE, WHICH IS MARYLAND’S LONE REPUBLICAN, ANDY HARRIS, REPRESENTING THAT DISTRICT DEMOCRAT REDISTRICTING EFFORTS IN LOUISIANA, VIRGINIA AND ALABAMA HAVE ALL BEEN STRUCK DOWN Updated: 11:33 PM EDT May 22, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Greg Ng Digital Content Manager David Collins Reporter Advertisement Maryland Senate president signals potential to reconsider redistricting in special session Ferguson: "The rules have changed ... Maryland must respond as the ground shifts under us." Updated: 11:33 PM EDT May 22, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Greg Ng Digital Content Manager David Collins Reporter It appears the roadblock to redistricting in Maryland may give way.Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson, D-District 46, has long stood against mid-term redistricting. It appears the winds have changed.In a statement obtained Friday night by WBAL-TV 11 News, Ferguson wrote:"My job has been the same from day one: Protect Maryland in the fight against Donald Trump."That's why I held the line on Maryland's 7-1 map. I wasn't willing to gamble Democratic seats on a legal fight we could lose. "Now, the rules have changed. The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, and Southern legislatures are already using that ruling to wipe out minority districts. "Maryland must respond as the ground shifts under us. I'm in active conversations with my caucus about a special session and constitutiona

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