Maryland Gov. Wes Moore doubles down on his state's redistricting response to Texas

[RandySF]

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who is pushing his state to pursue mid-decade redistricting, said Thursday that President Donald Trump should not get to unilaterally decide which states redraw their maps this cycle.

“Donald Trump decided to start picking and choosing which states should go through this process mid-decade,” Moore said during a Texas Tribune Festival panel. “He didn’t call all of us. He called some of us.”

Moore, a Democrat, created a redistricting advisory commission in the wake of a national redistricting arms race that Texas kicked off in August, when state legislators took the rare step of changing the map mid-decade to create more seats for Republicans.

What started in Austin, where Trump called Gov. Greg Abbott asking him to take up mid-decade redistricting, ended up reverberating around the country. Republicans in both Missouri and North Carolina have since changed their maps to redraw one Democratic-represented seat in each state to favor the GOP.



https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/watch-wes-moore-speaks-at-the-2025-texas-tribune-festival/

[SunSeeker]

1. Get it done, Wes!

[pat_k]

2. They will. There is so much to like about Wes Moore.

He's very focused on his state, but I think he has the sort of integrity that is desperately needed.

And his focus on public service as our way to bridge the divide and move forward grounded in shared values is essential if we want to build a better future. I also think the program to fund a service year after high school for a hell of a lot more people needs to be a key part of the Democratic Party's national platform.

[Initech]

3. Go Wes Moore! Let's kick MAGA and Fox's asses!