BALTIMORE — Maryland’s state lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a new map of their own districts, over the objections of Republicans who are vowing to contest the map in court.
The new boundary lines for all 141 delegates and 47 state senators will go into effect for this year’s elections, when all seats in the General Assembly are up for election. The redrawn lines were required following the 2020 census to take into account shifting populations and demographics in the state.
The final vote of 95-42 in the House of Delegates came along party lines, with the majority Democrats in support and all Republicans opposed. It followed a similarly lopsided, party-line vote in the state Senate last week.
