The Feeling is Mutual

Sen. Lisa Gladden doesn't want to see part of Baltimore County incorporated into her district when the 47 districts in the state are redrawn in January.

“,” Gladden said during a meeting of the Roland Park Civic League Thursday night, as reported by Adam Bednar of North Baltimore Patch.

Gladden, a three-term Democratic senator from the city, won her district in 2002 defeating Sen. Barbara Hoffman. The district 10 years ago crossed the city-county line.

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Gladden said a district that crosses the city-county line would be a disservice to both jurisdictions.

The senator's comments come more than a month after that they wanted to reduce the number of districts shared with other jurisdictions to just one—Sen. Ed Kasemeyer's Baltimore-Howard County district.

“The status quo is that Baltimore County is breached by three districts that are represented by people of other counties,” Sen. Delores Kelley said during that meeting. “And they vote in our county delegations. It is very difficult to work with representatives of other counties.”

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, a Democrat, has lobbied state officials this year on the issue and asked that no districts cross into Baltimore City or into Harford County. The one exception appears to be the 12th District that includes a portion of Howard County, according to a source close to the county executive who spoke on background.