Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is leaning on the Big Schlims of the world to help offset Rep. David Trone's cavernous pockets in Maryland's hard-fought Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, center, listens during a bill hearing in Maryland, Jan. 23, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. Alsobrooks, who could make history as Maryland’s first Black U.S. senator, is running in the Democratic primary against U.S. Rep …Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is leaning on the Big Schlims of the world to help offset Rep. David Trone’s cavernous pockets in Maryland’s hard-fought Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
The Democratic faceoff has revived the racial and gender overtones from the 2016 nomination race when then-Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a White man with $3.6 million more in his war chest, defeated fellow Rep. Donna Edwards, a single mother who was seeking to make history as the state’s first Black female Senator.
Democrats now face a stark choice between nominating Mr. Trone, who has demonstrated a willingness to tap into seemingly unlimited resources that could prove essential against Mr. Hogan, or Ms. Alsobrooks, who is more representative of the party’s diversity and could have an easier time energizing the party’s base.
But it has been hard for her to break through in a race in which there is not a lot of daylight between the candidates on the issues. Mr. Trone’s barrage of spending helped change the narrative of the race, shifting the focus away from Ms. Alsobrooks and the initial sense of inevitability that surrounded her campaign.
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