. >> reporter: democrat joan carter conway, a maryland state senator for 19 years, served on the panel that studied the issue. legislation that would have given a commission power to draw legislative lines in the future failed. >> the state of maryland today, we are democratic, and we have a process in terms of how we redistrict. and at this juncture, we don't see any errors or flaws in it. >> reporter: senator conway says she was unwilling for her state to change its pro-democratic tilt while far more states draw their district lines to benefit republicans. >> i don't think maryland should be in a position to change unless it's a national change. it's very partisan. the democrats have been accused of drawing lines to help them, the republicans draw the lines to help them. >> reporter: she could well be thinking of north carolina, which holds the distinction of being one of the other most gerrymandered states in the union. though republicans won a 56% statewide majority of votes for congress in 2014, they hold a 10-3 majority in the delegation. for republican state representative david