Maryland Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks speaks at a campaign event on Gun Violence Awareness Day at Kentland Community Center on June 7, 2024, in Landover, Maryland. | Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty
Angela Alsobrooks is preparing to represent the Democratic Party this fall in the upcoming elections for one of Maryland‘s U.S. Senate seats yet is enduring a harrowing event in her home state. One of her campaign signs was defaced in the city of Laurel with racist imagery and police are now investigating.
Alsobrooks, a former state’s attorney for Maryland’s Prince George’s County and also its former county executive, is currently vying for the U.S. Senate against former Republican Party Maryland governor, Larry Hogan.
Maryland, a traditionally Democratic Party-leaning state, handily positioned Alsobrooks against her party rival, Sen. David Trone, en route to earning the right to become just the third Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate. However, unknown forces are looking to dull Alsobrooks’ momentum by defacing a sign.
According to a report from local outlet Fox 5 DC, the perpetrators placed “KKK” symbols on the sign along with placing crosshairs on Alsobrooks’ forehead in the photo. Alsobrooks’ campaign issued a statement to the news station, essentially saying that this brazen attempt to rattle Alsobrooks won’t deter the team’s plans.
“We were made aware of this very unsettling incident, and our paramount concern is Angela’s safety. However, this sort of hateful threat will not deter Angela or her campaign,” read the statement to Fox 5 DC.
Hogan also took to X and posted a statement that hate crimes have no place in the state.
“Hate, threats of violence, and racism must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. They have no place in Maryland,” Hogan wrote, which prompted a flurry of negative replies on not being critical enough of the act.
Hate, threats of violence, and racism must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. They have no place in Maryland. https://t.co/q78B4KYnFo
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) June 17, 2024
Alsobrooks won last month the Democratic primary to become the party nominee for U.S. Senator in Maryland. If Alsobrooks wins the general election in November, the sitting Prince George’s County Executive will become the state’s first Black woman U.S. Senator and only the second Black woman to hold a Senate seat from any state currently.
Despite going into her primary for Maryland’s Democratic U.S. Senate nomination as a lesser-known politician, Alsobrooks ran such an impressive campaign against her opponent, Rep. David Trone, a wealthy, white and male liquor store magnate, that she was able to defeat him even though he spent more than $61 million on his campaign to defeat her.
Before the 53-year-old can make history, though, she’ll have to defeat Hogan.
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