2020 Census and Redistricting Thread: Maryland

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

https://twitter.com/Robillard/status/1347202814003568640
How easy is it for the Democrats to go in for the kill while also fulfilling the various inane requirements by the incumbents ?( and would it be politically possible to tell them to go F*** themselves and just draw 8 nice-looking VRA compliant safe democrati districts. ?)

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

I think there's a decent shot that Sarbanes might give up his bizarre "I want to be in all media markets" fixation; can't speak to the others. The hardest to ignore will be Steny Hoyer of course.

Why would he want that ? just seems like a way to make it massively more expensive to campagin.

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

I think there's a decent shot that Sarbanes might give up his bizarre "I want to be in all media markets" fixation; can't speak to the others. The hardest to ignore will be Steny Hoyer of course.

Why would he want that ? just seems like a way to make it massively more expensive to campagin.

He doesn't have to campaign; it's a safe seat. What it means is that local news in DC, Baltimore and Annapolis all have to report on him and things that happen related to him because he's a local representative in all three places, so he in theory gets more statewide exposure to set him up for future statewide races.

That's pretty greedy and selfish.

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

It would be really nice if they sniped that dude's district.

I would be tempted to crack his district on general principle if I was in the state legislature and heard his inane request.