Redistricting battle over Maryland congressional map to headline December special session

When Maryland lawmakers gavel in for a special legislative session beginning Monday, a partisan battle over redrawing the state’s congressional maps will be front and center. Democrats hold nearly all the cards, with large enough majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly to brush aside Republican complaints and override a threatened veto by Gov. Larry Hogan, who has vowed to reject any map he deems “unfair.”