Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks has a chance to boost Black women representation in the U.S. Senate if elected next year to represent the state of Maryland.
In May, the Democrat jumped at the opportunity to fill the seat of outgoing Sen. Ben Cardin, who announced earlier this year that he would not seek a fourth term. He has held the seat since 2007.
Given her work experience, Alsobrooks argues she would be the best advocate for her native state of Maryland and its residents. Alsobrooks said she would advocate to cut living costs, improve safety in communities and increase health care access for Americans.
“The people of Maryland deserve a senator who not only fights hard for them, but one who understands them and shares their concerns,” she told theGrio, adding that she would “continue to fight to grow economic opportunity and jobs across the state.”
Earlier this week, Democratic insider Laphonza Butler became the only Black woman currently in the U.S. Senate and just the third Black female senator in history after she was sworn in to replace the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The chamber had no Black woman representation since 2021 when now-Vice President Kamala Harris resigned her seat to join President Joe Biden in the White House.
There are currently three Black male senators.
Maryland’s entire congressional delegation is made up of men. The state’s diversity has been growing in recent years as less than half of its population identifies as white, according to 2020 U.S. Census data.
Rep. David Trone of Maryland and Montgomery County Councilor Will Jawando, both Democrats, are also running for the Senate seat.
In her efforts to add to a short list of Black female senators, Alsobrooks will lean on her experiences as county executive, which she was elected to in 2018, and former state’s attorney for the county.
“I’ve had the…
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