Democrats who backed Maryland Senate primary winner Angela Alsobrooks brushed aside concerns Wednesday that they might miss the millions of dollars Rep. David Trone was willing to spend to keep the seat under the party’s control.
But a win in November will mean a previously little-known county official must defeat a former Republican governor whose victories in an otherwise blue state led some to consider him a presidential contender.
The race will be a test of whether Larry Hogan can do what other former governors who tried to flip Senate seats weren’t able to do. And he’ll try to do it by preventing Alsobrooks from becoming the state’s first Black woman in the Senate, and just the third to be elected to the chamber. Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., was appointed to her seat.
