Alsobrooks on her early life and political career Recorded May 24, 2021
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks (born February 23, 1971)[1] is an American lawyer and politician serving as the juniorU.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.[a] She is the second woman to represent Maryland in the Senate, after Barbara Mikulski.[2]
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↑Alsobrooks is the fourth female African-American U.S. senator overall following Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois, Kamala Harris of California, and Laphonza Butler of California. Alsobrooks was also elected alongside Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, marking the first time in U.S. history that two African-American women served in the U.S. Senate simultaneously.
