Minority growth in Washington area may reshape Md. congressional map
A surging minority population and shrinking number of white conservatives in Washington's Maryland suburbs could dramatically change the way the region is represented in Congress.
Several powerful state Democrats have privately begun to line up in favor a plan to carve up the region anew, anchoring four House members, or half the state's congressional delegation, in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, where minorities now make up majorities.
The move, as outlined by sources familiar with the plan, could force a growing number of Hispanics and other reliably Democratic voters in affluent Montgomery into an unfamiliar role. Much as Prince George's has long been split so that African-American voters bolster Democratic candidates' chances elsewhere, Montgomery would be divided to help the party conquer the state's longtime Republican-held western flank.
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