Maryland Question 3 redistricting results show voters approving new rules for drawing congressional districts, with NBC projecting the measure as passing, according to a state-by-state first-results ledger published on Wednesday. Maryland was one of the states where redistricting itself was on the ballot in 2026, alongside Missouri, where voters considered a referendum on the legislature’s new congressional map.
Question 3 changes the rules governing how Maryland draws its congressional districts, a process that has been contentious in the state for decades. Maryland’s map has repeatedly been challenged in court, and the state’s redistricting fights have become a national symbol of gerrymandering — by Democrats in Maryland’s case, in contrast to Republican-drawn maps challenged in other states. Voter approval of new rules gives the state’s map-drawing process a fresh democratic mandate, whatever the precise mechanics of the measure.
Redistricting’s national year
The 2026 cycle made redistricting a ballot-box issue across the country, as states redrew maps mid-decade in response to court rulings, new census estimates and partisan competition for House seats. Those map fights shaped the House battlefield itself: several of the districts Democrats flipped on Tuesday were drawn under new or contested maps, and the party’s House majority will itself influence the next round of redistricting battles.
Maryland’s result stands in contrast to the uncertainty elsewhere. While Missouri’s Proposition A referendum on its new congressional map remained unresolved in early tracking, Maryland’s Question 3 was projected as passing, giving the state a settled rulebook before its next map is drawn. Governor Wes Moore, a Democrat, was also projected to hold his office, according to the same ledger, giving Democrats unified control of the state’s executive and legislative response to the new rules.
