FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 20, 2026
Contact: Carrie Simons-Sparrow, Chief of Staff
House Republicans Issue Statement on Vote of Governor’s Redistricting Commission
(Annapolis, MD) – House Republicans today issued a statement on the vote of the Governor’s Redistricting Commission to move forward with a gerrymandered map.
“The Redistricting Commission’s vote today confirmed what we have been saying all along: that this Commission had nothing to do with fairness, nothing to do with the wants and needs of our citizens, and, quite frankly, nothing to do with Maryland,” said House Minority Leader Jason Buckel. “Instead, this Commission has everything to do with D.C. partisan politics and the desires of the Democratic National Committee. This Commission was merely a drawn-out political sham with a pre-determined outcome: to rid Maryland of any Republican representation in Congress and disenfranchise voters in Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore. Nothing drives this home more than their absurd end product.”
“Maryland has a long and storied history of being one of the worst gerrymandered states in America, and the Commission’s actions today further solidifies that legacy,” said House Minority Whip Jesse Pippy. “It is a shame that, with all the challenges facing Maryland – budget deficits, children dying in state custody, Marylanders unable to afford their electric bills, that this has been the Governor’s priority. It is outrageous.”
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