Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) and his wife, April McClain-Delaney, attend the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 16. Delaney has been the U.S. representative for Maryland's 6th Congressional District since 2013. (William Widmer/For The Washington Post)

Regarding the Aug. 25 Metro article “Maryland voting map stays put, for now”:

The congressman elected to Maryland’s 6th Congressional District, John Delaney (D), did not live in the district when he was elected, and he did not even bother to move to the district after his election yet was elected a second time.

Now that Mr. Delaney is running for president, do you think the likely replacement Democratic nominee for the 6th District will be a resident of the district? No. David Trone, who lives in the 8th Congressional District, has a good chance of winning. These people should run for Congress in the district where they live.

The gerrymander pushed by Maryland’s then- governor, Martin O’Malley (D), has prevented the residents of Frederick, Howard, Washington, Allegany and Garrett counties and even the northern portion of Montgomery County from electing someone to Congress who lives in their communities. I am not saying the candidate necessarily needs to be Republican (although I admit that is likely to be the way I will vote). But it should be someone who has enough respect for the constituents to have lived for a year in that congressional district.

The gerrymander may be constitutional, but it treats my neighbors who live in what used to be the 6th Congressional District as ignorant redneck rubes who shouldn’t be permitted to vote for their congressional representation.

Jeff Miller, Frederick