A redistricting effort in Maryland led by Gov. Wes Moore has failed to garner enough support. According to CBS News, internal party disagreements between Maryland Democrats doomed the redistricting attempt. The state legislative session ended Monday night, which effectively killed the effort. Governor Wes Moore falls short in push to redraw Maryland’s congressional map to boost Democrats https://t.co/0Tb3IjZU0N — The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 14, 2026 CBS News explained further: In the end, the Maryland Senate left the bill in a committee, with Democrats who control the chamber concerned that it could backfire under judicial review. The unusual mid-decade redistricting, which started when President Trump encouraged Republican-controlled Texas to redraw their map last year, is expected to continue next week. Republicans want to change congressional boundaries during a special legislative session in Florida, while Democrats are asking voters to approve a redistricting referendum in Virginia. But Democrats will not be poised to pick up a seat in Maryland, where the proposed map would have made it easier for voters to oust the state’s lone Republican member of the U.S. House. “Ron DeSantis is considering delaying the state’s April 20 special session for redistricting. DeSantis is expected to redraw the Florida congressional map to add between two and five new red seats, a huge plus for Republicans in the national redistricting battle,” Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman wrote. “Now, DeSantis is mulling whether to push the special session back until after the results of the April 21 redistricting referendum in Virginia,” he added. BIG REDISTRICTING NEWS in Midday edition RON DESANTIS is considering delaying the state's April 20 special session for redistricting. DeSantis is expected to redraw the Florida congressional map to add between two and five new red seats, a huge plus for Republicans in the… — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) April 14, 2026 More from the Associated Press: Moore, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, said he disagreed with another powerful Maryland Democrat, state Senate President Bill Ferguson, about “what is required to be able to make sure we’re fighting back” against Trump. “This is not a political game to me,” Moore said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I don’t look at this as some kind of political talking point. I look at the fact that I think Donald Trump is actively trying to manipulate and change the rules around the November election and beyond because he knows he cannot win on his policies.” Ferguson has said redistricting could actually cost Democrats seats in Maryland because, in the inevitable legal battle that would ensue, a court could order a new map that would be even less favorable to the party. He refused to budge despite pressure from Moore and U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. While speaking at National Action Network in New York on Thursday with the Rev. Al Sharpton, Moore complained that Trump was urging some states to redraw maps to favor Republicans, while telling other states to “sit on your hands.” “Don’t play with me,” Moore said. “And if the rest of the country is going to have this conversation about mid-decade redistricting, then so should Maryland, and so should every other state. Because until it is done nationally, we have to make sure that this election is not stolen right before our face so this pain is made permanent.” But while Moore named a panel in November that proposed the new map for Maryland, the governor could not prevail on the heavily Democratic Maryland Senate to approve it.