Angela Alsobrooks wins Maryland Senate race, defeating Republican Larry Hogan
Democrat Angela Alsobrooks has won Maryland’s Senate race, NBC News projects, defeating popular former Republican Gov.
Democrat Angela Alsobrooks has won Maryland’s Senate race, NBC News projects, defeating popular former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan and becoming the first Black woman elected to represent the state in the Senate.
The unusually competitive contest to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin was always a must-win for Democrats, who are trying to hang onto their Senate majority. It also means that, for the first time in history, Maryland will have a Black senator, governor and mayor of its largest city, Baltimore.
Alsobrooks' victory, along with Democratic Sen.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester's in Delaware, also means that the Senate will have two Black women next year for the first time in history.
“We are looking at a time that is like a time we’ve never seen before,” Alsobrooks told NBC News on the campaign trail in August. “This election will help us decide the kind of future we want for our children and grandchildren and what kind of state and country we will build for them.”
Democratic Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks cheers during an election night watch party Tuesday in College Park.Jess Rapfogel / APThe county executive in Prince George’s County, Alsobrooks handily won the Democratic primary this year despite being outspent 10-to-1 by Rep. David Trone. Campaign spending only ballooned from there, with both Alsobrooks and Hogan spending tens of millions of dollars to sway voters in a state President Joe Biden won by more than 30 points in 2020. “I think it’s wonderful having her in the Senate. She’s eminently qualified. She’ll do a great job for her state and for the people of the country, former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, D-Ill., told NBC News this fall.
Rating: 5