WaPo Endorses Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate in Maryland

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1. Interesting.

*The fact that the Democratic nominee faces a competitive contest at all says more about what’s right with Mr. Hogan than what might be wrong with her. While other Republicans have failed to gain traction statewide in deep-blue Maryland, the former governor remains popular. He handled the coronavirus pandemic well and acted as a fiscally responsible check on a Democratic legislature in Annapolis. We endorsed him for reelection as governor in 2018.

Yet we’re not convinced his gubernatorial record and party-of-one political brand would add up to effectiveness as a legislator working on behalf of Maryland’s interests. It would help if Mr. Hogan had declared clear policy priorities, but his campaign is all about tone and process — except when he promises to respect reproductive rights, a defensive move forced on him by Ms. Alsobrooks’s unequivocal, and popular, pro-choice stance.

Ms. Alsobrooks, too, wants to restore collegiality and lower the political temperature, and her record suggests this is not idle rhetoric'