{"id":2244738,"date":"2024-05-14T22:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T02:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-primary-alsobrooks-defeats-trone-in-senate-democratic-race\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T22:46:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T02:46:38","slug":"maryland-primary-alsobrooks-defeats-trone-in-senate-democratic-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-primary-alsobrooks-defeats-trone-in-senate-democratic-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Alsobrooks wins Senate Democratic race in Maryland primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaryland-primary-alsobrooks-defeats-trone-in-senate-democratic-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2244738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Angela\u2062 Alsobrooks, Prince George\u2019s County Executive, \u200bclinched victory in Maryland&#8217;s Democratic primary, defeating Rep.\u2064 David Trone. Trone&#8217;s loss highlighted the party&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bad-creator-vince-gilligan-calls-ai-technology-a-plagiarism-machine\/\" title=\"'Breaking Bad' creator Vince Gilligan slams AI technology as a 'plagiarism machine'.\">internal \u200dstruggle<\/a> over support \u2062and financial disparities.\u2063 Alsobrooks will \u2063now face off against former GOP Gov. Larry Hogan. This critical win could pave the way for \u200dAlsobrooks to become Maryland&#8217;s first black senator. Angela Alsobrooks, \u2063the Prince George\u2019s County Executive, secured a win in Maryland&#8217;s Democratic primary\u2064 by outperforming Rep. David Trone. The race\u2064 exposed internal party \u2063challenges\u2062 related \u200bto backing and financial resources. Alsobrooks&#8217; \u200bnext challenge will be competing against former Republican Governor Larry Hogan. This victory sets the stage for Alsobrooks to potentially become Maryland&#8217;s first African American\u200d senator.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeated Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-trone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>David Trone<\/a> (D-MD), who invested more than $60 million of his personal fortune, during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Maryland\">Maryland<\/a>\u2018s contentious Democratic primary to succeed retiring Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ben-cardin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ben Cardin<\/a> (D-MD).<\/p>\n<p>Trone\u2019s loss came as the Democratic faced an internal dilemma over whether to support Trone, and the financial advantage he came with, or Alsobrooks, who as a black woman is part of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-approval-close-to-falling-into-the-20s-after-another-brutal-week\/\" title=\"Biden's Approval Close to Falling Into the 20s After Another Brutal Week\">loyal voting bloc<\/a> for Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>Nearly two hours after polls closed in Maryland\u00a0the <em>Associated Press<\/em> called the race at 9:46 p.m. Eastern Time. Alsobrooks defeated Trone 52.6% to 43.4% with 38% of the votes counted.<\/p>\n<p>Alsobrooks\u2019s victory means she will face off against former Republican Maryland Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/larry-hogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Larry Hogan\">Larry Hogan<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3003990\/maryland-primary-larry-hogan-victory-senate-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>easily won<\/a> the GOP primary. <\/p>\n<p>The primary win would likely have meant Alsobrooks would have won the Senate seat in November but Logan\u2019s popularity may prove hard to overcome. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, center, listens during a bill hearing in Maryland, Jan. 23, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. Alsobrooks, who could make history as Maryland\u2019s first Black U.S. senator, is running in the Democratic primary against U.S. Rep\u00a0David Trone. Republicans hoping to pick up an open U.S. Senate seat in deep blue Maryland have the most competitive candidate they\u2019ve had in decades in former Gov. Larry Hogan. (AP Photo\/Brian Witte, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s deep-blue background was once expected to make the Democratic primary the true contest for the Senate seat, but Hogan\u2019s late entrance into the race jolted the primary.<\/p>\n<p>Alsobrooks long trailed Trone, a wealthy co-founder of Total Wine &#038; More and three-term member of Congress, but appeared to gain steam in the final days before Tuesday\u2019s primary. <\/p>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s Democratic machine largely backed Alsobrooks, who could become the first black senator in the state\u2019s history, while Trone relied on his vast fortune to aid his campaign. The up-and-coming Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) threw in his support for Alsobrooks and only one member of the state\u2019s congressional delegation isn\u2019t backing Alsobrooks. <\/p>\n<p>There have only been two elected black woman senators: Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL). While Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-CA) was appointed to the upper chamber last year by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. <\/p>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s congressional delegation currently has no women, which Alsobrooks could rectify if she wins the general election. <\/p>\n<p>But Trone\u2019s war chest was a formidable factor in the primary. <\/p>\n<p>Trone has loaned his campaign more than $60 million in his battle against Alsobrooks. In a race that has become competitive due to Hogan\u2019s entrance, Trone\u2019s wealth is a likely help to Democrats who need to reserve finances to help more vulnerable Senate Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>In a sign of the nastiness of the primary, Trone\u2019s campaign cut a line from an ad claiming the Senate was not a pace for \u201ctraining wheels,\u201d after more than 650 black woman denounced the ad. Trone also faced blowback after using a racial slur in a House hearing which he apologized for. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile attempting to use the word \u2018bugaboo\u2019 in a hearing, I used a phrase that is offensive,\u201d Trone said in a statement. \u201cThat word has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embattled-dem-senate-candidate-says-he-suddenly-fell-ill-backs-out-of-another-debate\/\" title=\"Struggling Democratic Senate Candidate Cites Sudden Illness, Withdraws From Debate\">long dark terrible history<\/a>. It should never be used any time, anywhere, in any conversation. I recognize that as a white man, I have privilege. And as an elected official, I have a responsibility for the words I use \u2014 especially in the heat of the moment. Regardless of what I meant to say, I shouldn\u2019t have used that language.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3002847\/david-trone-liquor-company-maryland-senate-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> exclusive<\/a> on Tuesday showed Trone\u2019s family business Total Wine &#038; More pressuring employees to vote for his campaign via email, claiming it was \u201cimportant that you put democracy in action and vote for your candidate!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Democrats face an uphill climb to retain control of the Senate in 2024. Republicans have a key opportunity to take Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s (D-WV) seat and are hoping to flip both Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Sen. Sherrod Brown\u2019s (D-OH) seat.<\/p>\n<p>But if Hogan were to win Maryland\u2019s open seat it would make it virtually impossible for Democrats to maintain control of the upper chamber. <\/p>\n<p>Both the Democratic and GOP Maryland primaries has seen $56 million in total ad spending, making it the most expensive state election history, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdImpact_Pol\/status\/1788592364858053084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to AdImpact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Alsobrooks, Prince George\u2019s County Executive, emerged victorious in Maryland&#8217;s heated Democratic primary, triumphing over Rep. David Trone. Trone, who poured over $60 million of his own funds into the race, faced opposition due to his financial advantage. The Democratic Party grappled with the decision to back Trone, leading to Alsobrooks&#8217; win in the Senate race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2244739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2149455965.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2149455965.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}