Key takeaways

Gov. Wes Moore convened a Redistricting Advisory Commission in November.

Maryland faces a $1.4 billion budget deficit for fiscal year 2027.

House Speaker resignation and new leadership complicate redistricting plans.

Senate President Bill Ferguson opposes mid-cycle redistricting, citing legal risks.

Gov. Wes Moore has entered the national ring when it comes to midcycle redistricting, but a new House speaker and a $1.4 billion budget deficit for fiscal year 2027 could sour that vision.

“In brass tacks, my overall sentiment … is that it’s probably unlikely to go forward at this stage,” Flavio Hickel Jr, an assistant professor of American politics at Washington College, said of midcycle redistricting in Maryland. “I think Moore’s position on it is more about positioni

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