Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks scored a historic win on Election Night.
According to HuffPost, Alsobrooks, the top elected official in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is projected to beat Republican former Governor Larry Hogan to earn a state senate seat.
The projected win makes Alsobrooks Maryland’s first Black woman senator. Alsobrooks is also set to serve in the Senate with Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester, marking the first time two Black women will simultaneously be seated in the chamber.
Maryland’s Senate race became hotly contested after Hogan, the last Republican to win a statewide vote in one of the nation’s bluest states, joined the GOP primary in February. Hogan, a moderate Republican, was elected as Maryland governor twice. During his Senate campaign, Hogan stressed he was “pro-choice” and pledged to be an independent voice in the chamber.
“You’re going to hear nothing but red versus blue,” Hogan said during an October debate with Alsobrooks. “I care more, a lot more, about the red, white and blue.”
During the debate, Alsobrooks promised “to stand up for our values … creating economic opportunity for every Maryland family. I’ll also fight for our freedoms, like a woman’s right to choose, contraception, and IVF.”
Alsobrooks will be replacing retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin in the Senate.
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