Angela Alsobrooks in 2024 MD Senate race
On Abortion:
Establish federal legal protection for the right to abortion
On her first day in office, Angela will co-sponsor the Women's Health Protection Act, a crucial step towards establishing federal legal protection for the right to provide and access abortion care.
As a Senator, Angela is determined to stand against misguided Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. Additionally, she will oppose any judicial nominee who does not support abortion rights.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Budget & Economy:
Fought to create and preserve affordable housing
With record inflation, everyone's paycheck is not going as far as it did just a few years ago. That's why she fought to create and preserve affordable housing, including 5000 new affordable housing units since 2020, in
Prince George's County and would be a vocal advocate to pass a permanent Child Tax Credit, which lifted millions of children out of poverty and helped families address rising costs.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Civil Rights:
Will stand up for the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans
Angela appointed the first-ever LGBTQ+ liaison to better serve the community and connect members of the LGBTQ+ community to critical County resources. She will continue to stand up for the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, including the right to marry,
grow their families, and live free from discrimination, in the Senate. She will strongly oppose Republican efforts to undermine equality and promote discrimination including the recent wave of anti-trans legislation in some Republican led legislatures.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Crime:
Prosecuted violent criminals, police and official misconduct
Angela held a variety of roles in county government before making history as the youngest and first woman to be elected Prince George's County State's Attorney. As the county's top law enforcement officer, Angela stood up for families, taking on some of
Maryland's worst criminals, while treating victims and the accused with dignity and respect. Under her tenure, violent crime dropped by 50% and she established a first-of-its-kind unit to investigate and prosecute police and official misconduct.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Education:
Equitable funding for schools rather than property taxes
Angela sees one of the fundamental mistakes made in the country is relying on local jurisdictions funded primarily by property taxes as the primary source of school funding. She strongly opposes this approach as it results in unequal educational
opportunities, with the quality of a child's education being determined by their zip code. Angela firmly believes that we should expand Title I funding and that the burden of education should be lifted off of local budgets.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Energy & Oil:
A vocal advocate for expanding tax credits for clean energy
She strongly supports President Biden's efforts to address climate change, including the measures passed in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. These pieces of legislation prioritize investments in clean energy and aim to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.If elected to the Senate, Angela will be a vocal advocate for expanding tax credits for clean energy, ensuring that all U.S. Government purchases, from buildings to vehicles, align with emission goals.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Families & Children:
Enact universal paid family and medical leave policies
Angela also supports enacting universal paid family and medical leave policies to ensure all Americans can have the paid time off to care for their family and their health when needed. Maryland made
great strides with the Time to Care Act of 2022 to ensuring all Marylanders have the time off they earned and Angela is committed to expanding those policies nationwide.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Foreign Policy:
US has pivotal role in international economy & world peace
Angela firmly believes that the United States has a pivotal role to play in the international economy and in promoting peace worldwide. She advocates for diplomacy-first policies that align with American values and contribute to global peace.
Angela is committed to speaking out against dictators and authoritarian regimes and supports legislation aimed at imposing tough sanctions on nations that violate international law and abuse their citizens' human rights.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Government Reform:
Expand voting rights, ban gerrymandering
Angela is committed to fighting for the passage of critical legislation, such as the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which empowers the Department of Justice to enforce voting rights and prevents any right-wing legislature in the country from
undermining those fundamental rights. Additionally, Angela will sponsor the For the People Act, which expands voting rights, reforms campaign finance laws, bans gerrymandering, and strengthens ethics laws for all federal office holders.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Gun Control:
Close gun show loophole, ban AR-15s and bump stocks
Angela's proposed measures include universal background checks, closing the gun show loophole, banning military-style weapons like AR-15s, and prohibiting devices like bump stocks. Additionally, she supports the implementation of red flag laws
to prevent dangerous individuals from acquiring firearms. Angela strongly believes that legal protections enjoyed by gun companies, which shield them from being held accountable for their products and dangerous marketing practices, should be eliminated.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Health Care:
Expand Medicaid, pass Medicare buy-in option
She believes it's time for Congress to act to expand Medicaid for millions of Americans that should be covered by the ACA Medicaid expansion but live in the 10 states whose Republican legislators refuse to expand coverage in their states.
Angela also believes it's time to pass a Medicare buy-in option and apply ACA subsidies to the plan to ensure all Americans have access regardless of their income.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Homeland Security:
Supports maintaining the strength of the U.S. military
Angela is a staunch supporter of maintaining the strength of the U.S. military, recognizing its importance in national defense. She is particularly dedicated to supporting Maryland's crucial role in the nation's defense. Maryland is home to
11 military bases, all of which provide essential resources, personnel, and support to all branches of the military. As a Senator, Angela will be a vocal advocate for securing the funding and support necessary to sustain these critical installations.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Homeland Security:
Expand programs aimed at ending veteran homelessness
As a Senator, Angela will advocate for increased funding for VA medical centers, to ensure our veterans have the health and mental care they need. She supports modernizing our medical records system to ensure a seamless transition from active duty
services to the VA system. She believes no one who served this country should ever be allowed to go hungry or homeless and will strongly support expanding programs aimed at ending veteran homelessness.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Immigration:
Pro reform including pathway for citizenship for those here
If elected to the Senate, Angela will be a strong advocate for comprehensive immigration reform to mend the broken immigration system. This reform will include creating a pathway to citizenship for those already living and working in the United States.
Additionally, Angela will fervently support initiatives such as The American Dream and Promise Act, aimed at safeguarding the rights and future of DREAMers and TPS recipients.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Jobs:
Raise minimum wage to $15/hr. and index it to inflation
Angela is an advocate for raising the minimum wage in Maryland to $15 an hour and believes it should be done federally.
As a Senator, she will support increasing the minimum wage and indexing any increase to inflation to ensure that families can keep up with the cost of living.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Jobs:
Pass the PRO Act to strengthen workers' rights
She is committed to protecting workers' rights. Building an economy that works for all Marylanders requires a commitment to the people who make that economy work. Angela will be a strong supporter of passing the
PRO Act in the Senate to strengthen workers' rights to collective bargaining and make it harder for corporations to prevent workers from organizing.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Social Security:
Opposes defunding or privatizing Social Security, Medicare
Angela will advocate for the protection and preservation of Social Security and Medicare. She views these programs as a promise made to seniors and firmly opposes any efforts to defund or privatize them.
Angela strongly stands against raising the retirement age or cutting benefits for either program. Additionally, she advocates for eliminating the payroll cap on Social Security taxes to ensure the long-term solvency of the program.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Technology:
Invest in infrastructure including high-speed internet
She strongly supports the investments made through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to build new roads, bridges, fix access to drinking water, expand access to high-speed internet, and strengthen supply chains.
Angela will be a strong advocate for continuing these critical investments into our future economy to ensure businesses have the infrastructure and tools they need to compete with companies around the globe.
Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com
Feb 16, 2024
On Jobs:
Accused of not including Latinos in county administration
Nearly a dozen current and former officials accused County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) of failing to hire a single person of Hispanic descent to an agency-level position since her election nearly three years ago. "Where are the Latinos in
Prince George's County Government?" the group asked in a statement, accusing Alsobrooks of being "stubbornly closed to the inclusion of Latinos in the county's public affairs."
Source: WTOP 103.5 FM on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Oct 5, 2021
On Tax Reform:
No to raising county taxes; instead grow commercial tax base
Alsobrooks disagrees with those who want to cut services or raise taxes. She's increasing the police budget, for instance, by 6.2%.
Instead she is hoping to grow the commercial tax base primarily in the so called blue line corridor.
Source: WJLA 7News on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Mar 15, 2023
On Principles & Values:
Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice women
Angela Alsobrooks is attempting a feat: to become only the third Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. Black female candidates historically have had to rely on small-dollar donations as their White male counterparts tap long-standing networks of
support, researchers say. But a review of early political giving shows that Alsobrooks's candidacy has energized Black power brokers, policy wonks and Democratic super givers--many of whom have no direct stake in Maryland politics. It's what Alsobrooks
represents--a potential third in U.S. history and first in Maryland history.Black female candidates historically have less access to moneyed circles, making it necessary for them to raise money themselves, especially in the primary, noting that the
national political action committee Emily's List--which endorsed Alsobrooks--commits early in a contest to give promising candidates momentum. Emily's List [endorses pro-choice women and is] an acronym for "Early Money Is Like Yeast".
Source: Washington Post on 2024 Maryland Senate race endorsements
Aug 15, 2023
On Abortion:
Women's Health Protection Act: protect abortion access
Abortion : Ban or legal?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Legal. Supports the Women's Health Protection Act to federally protect abortion access. "Will oppose any judicial nominee who does not support abortion rights."
Opposes efforts in Congress to defund Planned Parenthood.
- Larry Hogan (R): Mostly legal. In 2022, vetoed the
Abortion Care Access Act; it expanded the pool of authorized abortion providers. Withheld funding designated to train new providers.
In 2024 said supports "restoring Roe as the law of the land" and would add abortion rights to federal law.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Abortion:
Oppose efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
Abortion : Ban or legal?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Legal. Supports the Women's Health Protection Act to federally protect abortion access. "Will oppose any judicial nominee who does not support abortion rights."
Opposes efforts in Congress to defund Planned Parenthood.
- Larry Hogan (R):
Mostly legal. In 2022, vetoed the Abortion Care Access Act; it expanded the pool of authorized abortion providers. Withheld funding designated to train new providers.
In 2024 said supports "restoring Roe as the law of the land" and would add abortion rights to federal law.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Budget & Economy:
Invest in humans AND invest in our future economy
Economy : Decrease or increase government investment in, and regulation of, the economy?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Increase. Supports "critical investments into our future economy to ensure businesses
[can] compete with companies around the globe." Advocates for "investing in humans": "When I think about true economic opportunity,
I think about things like a child tax credit."
- Larry Hogan (R): Mixed. "Instead of more reckless government spending, our plan demands real fiscal responsibility."
As governor, "eliminated or rewrote thousands of job-killing regulations." In 2021 asked Congress to speed up approval of infrastructure projects.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Civil Rights:
Supports same-sex marriage rights
LGBT Rights : Limit or expand LGBTQ rights?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Expand. As county executive, appointed the county's first LGBTQ liaison to link the community to resources. Supported same-sex marriage rights in
Maryland. "Will continue to stand up for" LGTBQ rights. "Will... oppose... efforts to undermine equality." Opposes anti-transgender legislation.
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Larry Hogan (R): Mixed. Let LGBTQ protections become law without his signature. Let a ban on the anti-LGBTQ "panic" defense become law without his signature.
Signed a ban on "gay conversion therapy" for minors. Opposed a transgender rights law in 2014 while accepting the state's same-sex marriage law.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Corporations:
Make big corporations pay their fair share
Taxes: Raise or lower taxes on corporations and wealthier individuals?Angela Alsobrooks (D): Raise. "We need leaders who [will] make big corporations pay their fair share." Would raise the corporate tax rate to create
more equity and allow economic growth "that benefits more people in the middle."- Larry Hogan (R): Likely lower. Supported the 2017 Trump tax cuts, which included the largest corporate cut in US history.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Crime:
Enhance police accountability with comprehensive changes
Criminal Justice : How to ensure effectiveness and fairness in law enforcement?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): "Believes in the need for comprehensive changes that promote safety, justice, and equity for all residents."
Implemented reforms enhancing police accountability. "Everyone has the right to feel secure" in their homes, schools, businesses.
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Larry Hogan (R): Boosted police funding, calling it "re-fund the police." Vetoed police reform bills, including body-camera mandates and limits on "no-knock" warrants.
Let a bill become law without his signature that created a state unit to investigate police-involved deaths.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Crime:
Reforms for police accountability and comprehensive equity
Criminal Justice : How to ensure effectiveness and fairness in law enforcement?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): "Believes in the need for comprehensive changes that promote safety, justice, and equity for all residents."
Implemented reforms enhancing police accountability. "Everyone has the right to feel secure" in their homes, schools, businesses.
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Larry Hogan (R): Boosted police funding, calling it "re-fund the police." Vetoed police reform bills, including body-camera mandates and limits on "no-knock" warrants.
Let a bill become law without his signature that created a state unit to investigate police-involved deaths.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Drugs:
Blame rising crime rates on decriminalized marijuana
Marijuana : Ban or legal?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Legal with limits. "What adults choose to do is their business." Has concern about "impact on youth." As county prosecutor, blamed rising crime rates on decriminalized
marijuana.
- Larry Hogan (R): Mixed. Let a companion bill to voter-approved legalization become law without his signature. In 2015 vetoed decriminalization. In 2016 vetoed decriminalization of possession of marijuana paraphernalia.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Drugs:
Okay with adults using marijuana/ concerned on kids' impact
Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks' political committee is responsible for a phone poll asking detailed questions about local policy issues, including legalizing recreational marijuana.
[The host of] Politics Hour on WAMU asked if Alsobrooks could discuss one poll question asking the respondent to rate possible legislation legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults.
"I think that what adults choose to do in their time -- be it smoke it, sprinkle it on cereal, whatever it is they do -- I am concerned on the kids' impact, the developmental impact, the ability to get a job.
I think most people believe that adults and what they do with marijuana is the business of that adult."
Source: Route 1 Reporter on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Feb 18, 2019
On Education:
Improve access to low interest student loans
Student Financial Aid: Support forgiving and/or lowering interest on student loans?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Yes. Supports Biden's student loan forgiveness plan and "improving access to low interest student loans." Would
expand Pell Grants to assist low-income students.
- Larry Hogan (R): No. Biden's plan is "a really bad idea at the worst possible time." Supported student loan tax credits, scholarships, and capping tuition growth as other solutions.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Energy & Oil:
Urgent action on existential threat of climate change
Climate Change : Should climate change be a top priority?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Yes. "Urgent action is necessary to address the climate crisis." Climate change, is "an existential threat for all of our families
and children." Supports Biden climate change laws, including $369 billion in clean energy spending and funding to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Larry Hogan (R): Mostly yes. Adopted Biden's Better Climate Challenge, and joined the U.S. Climate Alliance. Let Maryland's Clean Energy Jobs Act become law without his signature.
Preferred his plan, featuring nuclear energy. Canceled the Baltimore mass transit Red Line with $300M already invested; shifted state funds to roads.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Energy & Oil:
Supports $369 billion in clean energy spending
Climate Change : Should climate change be a top priority?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Yes. "Urgent action is necessary to address the climate crisis." Climate change, is "an existential threat for all of our families and
children." Supports Biden climate change laws, including $369 billion in clean energy spending and funding to reduce greenhouse gases.
- Larry Hogan (R): Mostly yes. Adopted Biden's Better Climate Challenge, and joined the
U.S. Climate Alliance. Let Maryland's Clean Energy Jobs Act become law without his signature. Preferred his plan, featuring nuclear energy.
Canceled the Baltimore mass transit Red Line with $300M already invested; shifted state funds to roads.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Environment:
Protect Chesapeake Bay, including additional funding
Environment : Loosen or tighten environmental regulations?- Angela Alsobrooks (D):
Tighten. As county executive, increased stormwater management to protect the Chesapeake Bay. Supports additional funding for Bay clean-up;
the Bay should be named a National Recreation Area. Expanded a countywide curbside composting program.
- Larry Hogan (R): Mixed. Signed a bill banning fracking in 2017. Opposed clean energy legislation in
2016 and 2022, though allowed the 2022 bill to become law without signing it. Proposed his own set of clean energy goals in 2019. Eased regulations on industrial poultry farm emissions.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Free Trade:
Invest in future economy to compete around the globe
Economy : Decrease or increase government investment in, and regulation of, the economy?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Increase. Supports "critical investments into our future economy to ensure businesses
[can] compete with companies around the globe." Advocates for "investing in humans": "When I think about true economic opportunity, I think about things like a child tax credit."
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Larry Hogan (R): Mixed. "Instead of more reckless government spending, our plan demands real fiscal responsibility."
As governor, "eliminated or rewrote thousands of job-killing regulations." In 2021 asked Congress to speed up approval of infrastructure projects.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Gun Control:
Current gun laws are inadequate: support background checks
Gun Laws: Loosen or tighten gun regulation?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Tighten. "Current gun laws are inadequate."
Supports universal background checks and closing the gun show loophole; would ban military-style weapons and bump stocks.
Supports "red flag" laws.
- Larry Hogan (R): Mixed. Relaxed rules on concealed handguns after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Vetoed tougher background checks on gun transfers. Let a "ghost guns" ban take effect without signing it. Signed a "red flag" law.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Health Care:
Healthcare is a fundamental right: build upon ObamaCare
Health Care : Increase or decrease government support for health care?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Increase. "Healthcare is a fundamental right.... As Senator, I will work to defend and build upon the Affordable
Care Act." Supports universal paid family and medical leave policies.
- Larry Hogan (R): Mostly increase. Defended Obamacare against a 2017 proposal to repeal it. Vetoed partially paid family medical or care leave.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Immigration:
Permanent residence for DACA participants (DREAMers)
Immigration : How to handle immigration and the border? Support a path to citizenship for "DACA" participants brought to the US as children? - Angela Alsobrooks (D):
Supports "comprehensive immigration reform" with "a pathway to citizenship" for those already living in the U.S. Backs a path to permanent residence for DACA participants.
Allow undocumented immigrants to get a driver's license & "legally commute to work."
- Larry Hogan (R): "Our open southern border is a humanitarian catastrophe that is harming communities and wreaking havoc."
Supports "bipartisan, commonsense solutions." As governor, vetoed "sanctuary state" status for undocumented immigrants.
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
On Jobs:
Strengthen collective bargaining rights
Labor : Make it easier or harder for unions to organize?- Angela Alsobrooks (D): Easier. Is "committed to protecting workers' rights." Supports a bill to strengthen collective bargaining rights and protect the right to
organize.
- Larry Hogan (R): Harder. Vetoed bills to expand collective rights for college employees. In 2016 called teachers' union leaders "thugs."
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race
Aug 8, 2024
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