Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) is converting reelection ads in the D.C. media market into messages selling voters on a redistricting amendment that’s currently unpopular.
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The switch of roughly $750,000 in campaign ads allows Moore, a potential 2028 presidential contender, to portray the redistricting measure as a way to fight back against President Donald Trump, who touched off a national midcycle redistricting war.
The messages will reach voters in the D.C. suburbs of Maryland as well as Virginia, newly designated as an early presidential primary state for Democrats.
Polling released this month showed Maryland’s redistricting effort did not have support to pass.
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If approved, the measure would loosen redistricting rules in a way that gives state lawmakers a freer hand in drawing congressional boundaries in 2028 and beyond, allowing Democrats with supermajorities in Annapolis to potentially oust Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland’s only congressional Republican.
The new ad backed by Moore’s campaign cash features him and several other state Democrats: Rep. Steny Hoyer, Maryland House Speaker Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk, and Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks. It will air starting Wednesday.
