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Originally Posted by tankdriver
Counties are gerrymandered this way. Dems and Reps have colluded to limit the amount of seats up for grabs. It keeps power between the two, and is cheaper campaigning-wise to contest fewer HOR seats.
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Since the dems literally control Maryland, after the last census they took the opportunity to create a district that includes part of the Eastern Shore, over the top of the Bay, and then down a little spine to include the house of a popular republican.