One candidate is 32 years old and has a hip, New Age-y first name. He once worked as a community organizer and speaks the language of the modern-day racial justice movement.
The other candidate is a 60-year-old Harvard Law School graduate who has worked at the highest echelons of power on Capitol Hill, held a powerful appointed post in Maryland state government, served two terms in countywide office, and is the patriarch of a potent local political family.
So naturally, the kid appears to be the insider, establishment candidate in the quickly-developing race to replace U.S. Rep. Anthony G. Brown (D), and the graybeard is the insurgent.
Only in Prince George’s County, kids. Only in Prince George’s County.
Prince George’s is always home to some of the most fascinating politics in Maryland, so it’s inevitable that the political headlines of the past week and a half (has it only been a week and a half?) heavily impact Prince George’s County and thrust any number of Prince George’s political leaders into the spotlight. At the outset of this election cycle, falling political dominoes seemed inevitable in Prince George’s; but the dominoes that are falling now aren’t necessarily the ones we anticipated several months back.
Just consider the state political news of the past 10 days:
Click here to read the rest of the article written by Josh Kurtz over at Maryland Matters
