Black People Feel Vicariously Empowered Over Angela Alsobrooks Historic US Senate Win - But Will She Actually Deliver Anything of Tangible, Material Value to Black Communities or Address Black Needs?

From [HERE] Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeated Republican former two-term Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday in the state’s costliest U.S. Senate race ever. She will be Maryland’s first Black senator.

Hogan conceded around 10 p.m., calling Alsobrooks a “dedicated public servant” and said “we can all take pride” in her history-making achievement.

Alsobrooks was introduced by her daughter, Alexandra, and told cheering supporters at her victory party in College Park: “I don’t have enough words to say thank you to God.”

She thanked the “baddest” campaign team, and said, “I woke up this morning to my neighbors who lined my street and hosted a pep rally for me. To those Marylanders whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voice and I’ll be your senator, too.”

Alsobrooks’ victory came in an election that produced significant turnover in the state’s Washington delegation of eight U.S. House members and two senators. Alsobrooks and two House candidates, April McClain Delaney of Montgomery County in the 6th Congressional District and Sarah Elfreth of Anne Arundel County in the 3rd Congressional District, all sought spots in a delegation that is currently all male. The Associated Press declared Elfreth the winner, while McClain Delaney’s race was too close to call.

The last time two women were part of Maryland’s U.S. House delegation simultaneously was 1993-95, when Republicans Helen Bentley and Connie Morella overlapped before Bentley left to run for governor.