Maryland Republicans in the State House plan to introduce legislation to counter the governor’s redistricting plan, aiming to establish “fair maps” and prevent mid-cycle redistricting.

The legislation would allow congressional maps to be redrawn only every 10 years and would ban mid-cycle redistricting.

“We’re going to have a bill to introduce that will address what we will call fair maps,” Senate Minority Leader Steve Hershey said.

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Maryland is one of several states that national Democrats hope will redraw their congressional maps to compete in response to Republican redistricting efforts around the country.

“After the United States Census is promulgated, there will be a redistricting commission. Those w

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