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Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks has won the Senate race in Maryland, according to Associated Press projections, defeating former two-time Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.
That makes Alsobrooks the first Black senator from the state of Maryland.
“At times we struggle together, and we work to build a better future for all of our children,” Alsobrooks said. “And to those Marylanders whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I want you to know that I hear your voice, and I will be your senator, too.”
Hogan delivered a concession speech shortly after AP’s race call Tuesday night.
In a statement, Hogan said he and his wife Yumi “offer our best wishes and our prayers to Angela and her family.”
“Now is the time for us to come together and move forward as one state and one nation. I want to thank you to each and every person who stood by my side throughout this campaign. If the pundits and politicians were more like the people I met every single day on the campaign trail, our country would be so much better off.”
The race has been widely watched across the nation.
Alsobrooks campaigned heavily on abortion rights in a year that Maryland voters approved a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution. She said she heard on the campaign trail how much abortion rights mattered to voters.
“I hear it not just from women, but I’ve heard from a number of men who say that they want the freedom for their daughters and their granddaughters, and that they’re very concerned about the direction we’re heading for people to make reproductive choices,” Alsobrooks said in a September interview with The Associated Press.
During his Senate campaign, Hogan said he would support abortion rights, but Alsobrooks argued he could not be trusted to do so. She cited his past veto of legislation that would expand access to abortion in Maryland while he was governor and his withholding of money for abortion training after the legislature overrode his veto.
Alsobrooks deftly used television ads to emphasize that the race could determine Senate control, putting Maryland in the unusual position of a potential swing state in a year of highly political stakes.
Voters for Alsobrooks frequently mentioned the significance of fending off a challenge by the popular Republican Hogan in order to keep the seat blue with the control of the Senate potentially at stake.
The AP has already declared that Kamala Harris took the state in her presidential race.
Longtime Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin and Glenn Ivey also won their respective contests.
U.S. House District 6 is also still up for grabs now that Democrat David Trone is on his way out. Republican Neil Parrott and Democrat April McClain Delaney are vying for the seat. Whoever wins could help determine which party controls the lower chamber.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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