Angela Alsobrooks, the county executive of Prince George’s, is vying to be the first Black woman to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate. Early primary voting is scheduled to begin on May 2.
“Raised in a working-class community, my mom was a receptionist and dad was a newspaper delivery person, but they convinced me that we all had an obligation to care for our neighbors,” Alsobrooks stated.
The grassroots campaign team of Alsobrooks, nestled in the quiet community of Largo, Maryland, is diligently striving to create history in the state.
“In every opportunity I’ve had, whether it’s elected state’s attorney or county executive, I’ve always said, ‘I want to leave it much better than I found it’ and when I leave it, I want people to say, ‘Oh my God, what an incredible amount of work that she did and that’s what I’m interested in,” Alsobrooks stated. “This is a very serious time.”
There are a lot of important issues at stake in this upcoming election, including women’s rights, gun control, and crime, which Alsobrooks claims is a result of a lack of opportunity and optimism.
“When I think about what has to be done all across the state, it’s economic opportunity,” Alsobrooks stated. “How do you really increase the bottom line for so many families? This is work that has to happen in this moment where a lot of people are discouraged.”
What’s more depressing, according to Alsobrooks, is the attack on women’s rights.
Codifying Roe versus Wade and restoring access to equitable healthcare for women is worth the effort in her campaign to become Maryland’s next U.S. Senator, as she is a caregiver to her mother and her first-year college student.
“The least I can do is fight to make sure that women like my mother have the social security they need, have the healthcare they need and my daughter, who is 18 years old, and to your question, who is facing a world where she has fewer rights than me and her grandmother,” Alsobrooks stated. “There is something wrong with that.”
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