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Candidate for Senator

Angela
Alsobrooks

MD
D
Angela Alsobrooks

Angela Alsobrooks is a lifelong Marylander and public servant who has taken action to address the climate crisis as Prince George’s County executive.

After earning her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law, Alsobrooks worked as a law clerk in both the Howard County and Baltimore City Circuit Courts. She then served as an assistant state’s attorney, becoming the first in this position to handle domestic violence cases full-time in Prince George’s County. Later, she was the youngest and first woman to be elected as Prince George’s County state’s attorney, where she established the first unit to investigate and prosecute police misconduct. In 2018, Alsobrooks became the first woman elected as Prince George’s County executive and the first Black woman in Maryland elected to be a county executive. As executive, she issued an Executive Order setting ambitious climate emissions targets, invested in electric vehicles and sustainable building design, and implemented a county-wide composting program.

As a senator, Alsobrooks will work to expand clean energy tax credits, make the biggest fossil fuel polluters pay their fair share in mitigating climate change impacts, and fight to protect the Chesapeake Bay. Alsobrooks is the first Black person to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate.

Alsobrooks joins the U.S. Senate to fill the seat of retiring Senator Ben Cardin, who earned a 93% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard. 

“I view protecting our climate as a critical issue facing Congress today, and as a mother, I do not believe we can leave action to our children. It’s communities like Prince George’s where climate change from extreme weather, to polluted air and water, to the economic costs of an unstable globe hurt the most.” – LCVAF Questionnaire