Maryland Democrats drew new U.S. House of Representatives district maps in 2011. When they did so, long-time Republican voter Bill Eyler found himself removed from a conservative rural district and inserted into a liberal one encompassing Washington suburbs.
Eyler is a retired business owner in the small town of Thurmont roughly 55 miles north of the U.S. capital. He said he thinks he and others like him were being targeted by the Democrats because of their party affiliation.