This is exactly what he said he'd do during the campaign, and therefore what the state wants. The legislature should not fight it.
Why even have a legislature?
Have to agree with publicunofficial here. The Governor is not a king and there is no reason why 188 elected lawmakers, elected to write laws of the likes which Hogan proposed, should have to capitulate to one man elected by a very modest margin during an low-turnout election where only 44% of registered voters actually voted.
While I agree with you in principle, a gerrymandered legislature is the only reason it's so Democratic.
I don't know what the state legislature numbers are...but in 2014 the Democrats won nearly 63% of the House vote, and that was during a good GOP year with the GOP winning the gov race.
In the House the Democrats hold about 70% of the seats, and in the Senate they hold about 65% of the seats. Sure, if you redrew the maps, the GOP would probably pick up a few seats, but it wouldn't be a significant change.
