Residents Of Both Parties Say They Dislike Maryland Redistricting

Frederick resident Lucy Hogan said she will be glad to see Republican U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett go if he's defeated by Democratic challenger John Delaney on Tuesday. But that doesn't mean she feels right about how he could be forced from office -- a redistricting process that gives gerrymandering a new name, she said.

"They redrew the district just to get rid of him," Hogan said. "I think the way they redraw the districts just adds to the tension [between parties]."

Maryland voters, Republicans and Democrats alike, say they are frustrated by Maryland's redistricting process -- maps drawn by Gov. Martin O'Malley drastically altered the state's 6th Congressional District, which Bartlett has represented for the last 20 years, in an effort to make the Republican congressman more vulnerable.

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