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Angela Alsobrooks makes history in Maryland’s U.S. Senate race
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Maryland Senate-elect Angela Alsobrooks looks forward to serving Marylanders in the U.S. Senate as the first Black person to represent the state in the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress.
By Ashlee Banks Special to the AFRO
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Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is headed to the U.S. Senate after defeating former Republican Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. On Nov. 5, Alsobrooks made history to become the first Black candidate elected to the U.S. Senate to represent Maryland. Cheers rang out
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through the Hotel at the University of Maryland, where Alsobrooks held her election night watch party celebration, as the polls confirmed her victory. Following the election results, Alsobrooks thanked God, her family and Maryland voters for
“I ran for the Senate because of all of you. For the young people and elderly of country. About the future that you one day will inherit and the country that I know we all can be.”
supporting her through this journey. “We stand tonight united as one Maryland and to each and every Marylander I say: I will make your care my concern; your hope my focus; and your dreams my work in the days and years to come.”
“To the people who did not vote in this election, I want you to know that I see you too and I will never stop working to prove that public service and the work we do can and must change the lives of people for the Continued on A3
President Kamala Harris falls short Blunt Rochester wins U.S. Vice in historic White House bid, delivers Senate race in Delaware concession speech at Howard U By Randall Chase The Associated Press U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester won her contest for a seat in the U.S. Senate Nov. 5, setting her up
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Democratic Delaware Senate candidate state Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester speaks on Nov. 5 after becoming the first Black person to ever lead the state of Delaware.
to become the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in the Senate. She’ll join another Black woman, Maryland Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, who also won a U.S. Senate seat Nov. 5, marking the first time in history that the American public elected two Black women to the Senate at once. Only three other Black women have served in the chamber until now, two of them elected and one who was appointed. “The people have spoken, and we’re bringing bright hope to the United States Senate,” Blunt Rochester said in a victory speech to supporters who greeted her with chants of “LBR! LBR!” “I stand before you tonight extremely humbled, and with a heart filled with gratitude to God and to the people of Delaware who put their trust in me,” Rochester said. She acknowledged the trail previously “blazed by three strong Continued on A3
By D. Kevin McNeir Special to the AFRO Early on Nov. 5, Vice President Kamala Harris did what all candidates must do when they reached the end of a political campaign – she waited anxiously – remaining “cautiously optimistic,” according to her staff, as millions of votes were submitted. Later, as polls around the country closed, thousands of supporters for Harris, including campaign volunteers, family members, friends and members of the media, assembled on the historic “yard” of Howard University. Most were poised to rejoice in Harris’ victory as an air of nervous excitement punctuated the evening air. Harris was returning to her alma mater, a historically Black institution, to watch for election results. Continued on A3
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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her concession speech in the 2024 presidential election at Howard University on the afternoon of Nov. 6. Harris faced off against former president Donald Trump in the contentious election that focused on everything from reproductive rights to the economy.