Angela Alsobrooks
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Angela Alsobrooks | |
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United States Senator from Maryland | |
Assumed office January 3, 2025 Serving with Chris Van Hollen | |
Preceded by | Ben Cardin |
8th Executive of Prince George's County | |
In office December 3, 2018 – December 2, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Rushern Baker |
Succeeded by | Tara Jackson (acting) |
State's Attorney of Prince George's County | |
In office January 3, 2011 – December 3, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Glenn Ivey |
Succeeded by | Aisha Braveboy |
Personal details | |
Born | Angela Deneece Alsobrooks February 23, 1971 Suitland, Maryland, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 1 |
Education | Duke University (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (JD) |
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Website | Campaign website Senate website |
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks (born February 23, 1971)[1] is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior U.S. senator from Maryland since 2025. Before becoming senator, she served as county executive of Prince George's County, Maryland from 2018 to 2024. She also served as the county's state's attorney from 2010 to 2018.
Alsobrooks ran for the U.S. Senate in 2024 to replace retiring Senator Ben Cardin. She defeatedformer Republican governor Larry Hogan in the general election. She became Maryland's first African-American senator and the third African-American woman elected as senator of any U.S. state.[a] She is the second woman to represent Maryland in the Senate, after Barbara Mikulski.[2]
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Alsobrooks is the fourth female African-American U.S. senator overall following Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois, Kamala Harris of California, and Laphonza Butler of California. Alsobrooks was also elected alongside Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, marking the first time in U.S. history that two African-American women served in the U.S. Senate simultaneously.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks launches campaign for U.S. Senate". Baltimore Sun. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ↑ "Angela Alsobrooks wins Maryland Senate race, defeating Republican Larry Hogan". NBC News. 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2025-01-04.