Angela Alsobrooks

Angela Deneece Alsobrooks (born February 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior U.S. senator from Maryland since 2025. Before becoming senator, she served as county executive of Prince George's County, Maryland from 2018 to 2024. She also served as the county's state's attorney from 2010 to 2018.

Alsobrooks ran for the U.S. Senate in 2024 to replace retiring Senator Ben Cardin. She defeatedformer Republican governor Larry Hogan in the general election. She became Maryland's first African-American senator and the third African-American woman elected as senator of any U.S. state. She is the second woman to represent Maryland in the Senate, after Barbara Mikulski.

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