The top Democratic leader of the Maryland Senate has struck down state Democrats’ efforts to redistrict the Free State.

Bill Ferguson, president of the Maryland Senate, sent a letter to his colleagues in the upper chamber Tuesday evening informing them why the Senate is not moving forward with mid-decade redistricting . He cited legal risks, the tight timeline before the midterm elections, and the political risks of messing with the state’s existing map.

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