Bill Ferguson
Maryland Senate President who blocked the Democratic all-blue congressional map.
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Why did a Democratic Senate president block his own party's Maryland gerrymander?
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- Why did Maryland fail to gerrymander its congressional map in 2026?
- Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson blocked the map passed 99-37 by the House, citing constitutional concerns. The blocking came from within the Democratic Party.Source: Event: Maryland Senate blocks its map
Background
Bill Ferguson is the President of the Maryland State Senate, who blocked the Democratic caucus's proposed all-eight-districts-Democratic congressional map in early 2026. The Maryland House of Delegates passed the map 99-37 on 2 February, but Ferguson refused to schedule a Senate floor vote, effectively killing the plan.
Ferguson's refusal was notable because it came from within the Democratic Party, not from Republican opposition. His stated concern was that the map replicated a configuration previously struck down as unconstitutional, a characterisation also made by Judicial Watch. His blocking of the map prevented Democrats from potentially adding seats in Maryland to counterbalance Republican gains in other states.
