Better Candidates Would Make Districts Competitive
Kathy Cornwell has spent over 40 years in local media, starting her career with an internship at WCBC in the late 1980s. After graduating from Frostburg State University, she worked extensively in cable television advertising and programming with Comcast. From 2002 to 2005, she was married to WCBC's Jim Robey. Kathy returned to the News Department at WCBC in 2023. She lives in Cumberland with her husband, retired radio station manager Rich Cornwell.
Rather than Maryland gerrymandering its congressional districts, a better plan would be to simply have better candidates. Seven of eight districts in the state already have Democratic representation, so why go through the exercise? Mayor Ray Morriss, who was on the redistricting commission, said putting up good candidates is really the answer…
“But I look at it and say this – to both parties – if the Democrats want to convert District 1 over to be a Democrat, run a Democrat that’s worthy of being elected. Someone – maybe more moderate, in that area. It’s going to take a moderate Democrat to win.”