Alsobrooks defeats Hogan in Md. Senate race
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks on Tuesday defeated former Gov. Larry Hogan in the race to succeed retiring U.S.
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.). Alsobrooks, a Democrat who defeated her Republican opponent by a 53-45 percent margin, will be the first Black woman to represent Maryland in the U.S.
Senate. Cardin and U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) spoke to Alsobrooks’s supporters at the Hotel at the University of Maryland in College Park before she took the stage. “I want to congratulate County Executive Alsobrooks on a hard-fought victory,” said Hogan on X. “Tonight, regardless of who you voted for, we can all take pride in the election of the first Black woman to represent Maryland in the U.S.
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