Under a proposed redistricting map for the Baltimore County Council, the heart of the county seat would move from a Republican-controlled district to one held by a Democrat.
The major shift is being considered by the county’s Redistricting Commission.
The commission is not making the proposed map public , although it is poised to vote on it next week to send it to the County Council for approval. If you had gone to Thursday’s commission meeting, you could have caught a glimpse of the map on a screen, otherwise you are out of luck.
But commission chairman Robert Latshaw confirmed the downtown Towson area would switch from Republican David Marks’ fifth district to Democrat Cathy Bevins’ sixth district.
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