The GOP controls the process of drawing Congressional maps in most of the nation, but not here
Thomas F. Schaller
12:36 p.m. EDT, October 4, 2011
Times are tough right now for national Democrats.
The Republicans recaptured the U.S. House in 2010 after just four years of Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Next year, Democrats will have to defend their huge 2006 Senate class. And, with approval ratings south of the critical 50 percent threshold, President Barack Obama’s re-election in 2012 is no sure bet.
As if the Democrats needed more reason to be glum, the 2010 election results gave the Republicans the upper hand in the decennial redistricting process in most states.
U.S. Senate Against this rather dark backdrop for Democrats, Maryland is a sunny exception. Democrats control every statewide elected office, solid majorities in both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly, both U.S. Senate seats and six of the state’s eight U.S. House seats — and now they’re looking to make it seven.
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