The district, which stretches from the Washington suburbs through Western Maryland, leans Democratic in its voter ... a judge rejected their initial version of the state’s congressional map as “a product of extreme partisan gerrymandering.”

Democrat April McClain Delaney and conservative Republican Neil Parrott remained in a close contest early Wednesday in Maryland’s most competitive U.S. House race, which will determine whether the sprawling 6th Congressional District will flip red after being represented by Democrats for over a decade.