Democratic Senate hopefuls Angela D. Alsobrooks and Rep. David Trone lay out why they should be the one to take on Maryland’s former GOP governor Larry Hogan.
Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks, left, and Rep. David Trone are competing in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. In their first televised primary debate, Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks each sought to position themselves as the Democratic Party’s best chance of defeating the state’s popular, two-term former Republican governor in November.
As May 14 approaches, attention is building on what had largely been seen as a sleepy contest for a reliably blue seat until Hogantwo months ago. Endorsements are flying, yards signs are popping up and airwaves are thrumming with campaign messaging — and money.launch the cycle’s first negative ad, swiping at Trone’s business practices and comparing him to former Republican president Donald Trump.
That fact, she said, contrasts with a record of giving that Trone has touted. He helped establish an abortion clinic in Western Maryland near the border with West Virginia after that state effectively shut down the procedure.“He cannot claim credit for the good his company does and distance himself from the bad that it does,” Alsobrooks said.
Hogan has maintained that he is an underdog in a state where registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans 2 to 1. A Washington Post-University of Maryland pollfound that while Hogan is better known than Trone and Alsobrooks, he faces a crosscurrent Democrats hope to exploit: Maryland voters said by a 20-point margin that they prefer Democratic control of the U.S. Senate.
On Thursday, he received an endorsement from Aisha Braveboy , the Prince George’s County state’s attorney who holds Alsobrooks’s former position. Democratic Prince George’s County Council members Krystal Oriadha and Edward Burroughs III — both of whom have endorsed Trone and been critical of Alsobrooks in the past — were in the studio Friday, at times huddling around Trone during commercial breaks.“The folks that really matter the most are those that know you the best,” Trone said.
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