Long-serving Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) on Thursday backed Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) for Senate, offering a weighty endorsement in a growing field of contenders.
“I ask all Marylanders to join me in sending a strong, experienced and compelling voice to the United States Senate — someone who looks like the state and country she serves,” Hoyer told a crowd in Suitland, touting Alsobrooks’s experience and emphasizing the history she would make as Maryland’s first Black senator.
Alsobrooks in a statement said she is “honored” to receive an endorsement from Hoyer, whom she described as a “wonderful colleague, mentor and friend, offering his partnership and spirit of collaboration throughout my career.”
Alsobrooks told The Washington Post that Hoyer was the first person to call with congratulations on her county executive victory and that the two have been in regular contact since. They have been in lockstep as Prince George’s has tried to lure the FBI headquarters, with Hoyer helping to beat the drum for the county’s argument, demanding equity.
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