Maryland Senate and House Republicans want to put an end to mid-cycle redistricting in the state after Gov. Wes Moore launched a commission to improve congressional maps.

Republicans announced new legislation called The Fair Districts for Maryland Act that would establish a 10-member commission that would only meet in the year after the census.

"For Governor Moore to claim Maryland's current maps are 'fair' while simultaneously laying the groundwork for a new, even more partisan redraw is the height of hypocrisy," Senate Minority Leader Steve Hershey said. "He is not leading on behalf of Maryland. He is caving to national Democratic interests and silencing dissenting voices in his own state."

The commission will consist of two members appointed by the governor, the Speaker of the House

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