Maryland court blocks effort by Dem campaign committee to defend gerrymandered congressional map
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee won't be allowed to defend Maryland's new congressional map in court.
Rep. Andy Harris, the only Republican representing Maryland in Congress, may be forced out of his seat after Democrats gerrymandered his district from a safe GOP majority to a marginal Democrat one. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Attorney Marc Elias helped spearhead an effort by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to intervene in a redistricting lawsuit in Maryland. (David Jolkovski for The Washington Post via Getty Images/File)
The Anne Arundel County Circuit Court denied the DCCC motion to intervene as a defendant in the case on Friday. If that motion was granted, it would have allowed the group to effectively take over the defense of the state's congressional map from the Maryland State Board of Elections in a lawsuit brought by several GOP candidates and the group Fair Maps Maryland.
The DCCC sought to intervene in the case, it said, because the Maryland elections board doesn't "share Proposed Intervenor’s interest in ensuring its members of Congress have an opportunity to compete in and win congressional elections in properly constituted districts."
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