Angela Alsobrooks, the chief executive of Maryland’s Prince George’s County, announced Tuesday she will run for the U.S. Senate seat that is opening with the retirement of Sen. Ben Cardin.
Alsobrooks, a Black Democrat, joins a growing field of candidates since the longtime Maryland official announced he would not seek reelection after three Senate terms last week.
Prince George’s County, which is in the suburbs of the nation’s capital, is Maryland’s second-largest jurisdiction with a population of nearly 1 million. The county, which is heavily Democratic, has long been known as one of the wealthiest Black jurisdictions in the country. Maryland’s diversity has been growing in recent years. Less than half of the state’s population identifies as white, according to 2020 U.S. Census data.
Cardin’s announcement last week that he plans to retire at the end of his third term has triggered what is likely to be a competitive primary to replace him in the blue-leaning state for a rarely open Senate seat.
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