Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced the revival of a redistricting advisory commission to recommend new congressional maps on Tuesday.

The Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission has historically met every decade to redraw the legislative and congressional maps to reflect Census results. But many other states have begun redistricting mid-cycle.

“My commitment has been clear from day one — we will explore every avenue possible to make sure Maryland has fair and representative maps,” Moore wrote in a Tuesday news release.

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, the former Prince George’s County executive, will chair the commission. The bipartisan group will organize public hearings, solicit public feedback and make recommendations to government officials, according to Tuesday’s news release.

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As midterm elections approach, U.S. President Donald Trump is tactfully trying to avoid Democrats gaining at least three more seats in Congress, the Associated Press reported. The move would switch the control of the U.S. House away from the Republicans.

“President Donald Trump and his allies are trying to rig the system and are hand-picking Republican states to go through redistricting processes,” Moore said in a video statement on Tuesday.

Trump’s efforts have triggered political gerrymandering, the process of redistricting congressional boundaries for political benefit, across the country. The partisan process became legal in 2019, with the exception of racial bias.

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Md.) was originally against the Senate’s participation in Maryland’s redistricting movement as he felt the legal risks were too high and the certainty of the current map would be destroyed, according to a letter from the state House.

Ferguson also expressed concern that if blue states like Maryland begin redistricting, the red states that have not started redistricting would follow along. He called the redistricting process a “short-term advantage” for Maryland that undermines trust and added that it would be “too risky” to possibly lose another seat to Republicans.

But after Moore’s announcement, Ferguson released a statement confirming the senate’s involvement in the redistricting process, under the condition that all eight existing congressional districts will be included.

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“The Senate Democratic Caucus understands that this is an unbalanced risk reward calculation,” Ferguson wrote. “It is why there is overwhelming concern about Maryland joining the mid-cycle redistricting wars rather than focusing on tangible, immediate policies to protect our State from this lawless Trump Administration.”.

Seven other states have already begun their redistricting processes and enacted new congressional maps.

California began its redistricting process in August and residents voted to adopt the new maps on Tuesday. Other states including North Carolina, Missouri and Texas have already enacted their new congressional maps, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

“While other states are determining whether or not they have fair maps, so will Maryland,” Moore said in a Tuesday video statement.