Senator-elect Angela Alsobrooks got her start in politics in Prince George’s County.

The Democrat, who defeated former Gov. Larry Hogan 52-45 percent on Tuesday, currently serves as county executive and previously served as the local state’s attorney, the county’s top law enforcement official.

Alsobrooks is the first Black woman to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate and will be the first to serve at the same time as another Black woman, Delaware Senator-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester.

She’s also the first statewide official who previously represented Prince George’s County since Parris Glendening, a former University of Maryland politics professor who started as a Hyattsville city councilman, moved to the county council and served as county executive.

That gave her a boost, as 83% of Prince George’s County voted for her, adding 265,286 votes to her total.

“I have to acknowledge the super bad and incredible people of Prince George’s County,” she said when she won the primary earlier this year. “Yes. You should know, you’re the heart and soul of our campaign.”

Alsobrooks was raised in Camp Springs and graduated from Benjamin Banneker High School before getting a degree from Duke University and a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore.

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