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Sarah Elfreth, the youngest girl ever elected to Maryland’s State Senate, gained a crowded Democratic major race on Tuesday in Maryland’s Third Congressional District, based on The Associated Press.
Ms. Elfreth, 35, emerged from a subject of greater than 20 Democrats vying within the deep-blue district to succeed Representative John Sarbanes, a Democrat who introduced final October that after 9 phrases he wouldn’t search re-election.
First elected to the Maryland State Senate in 2018, Ms. Elfreth typically highlighted her political résumé throughout her run and performed up the bipartisan legislative victories she helped to safe whereas serving within the General Assembly. She ran on a platform with commonplace Democratic fare that included pledges to guard abortion rights, fight gun violence and struggle local weather change.
Ms. Elfreth drew assist from a number of native Democrats. Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland, who didn’t search re-election this yr, spoke favorably of her whereas showing on the path alongside her final week — although he stopped wanting a proper endorsement.
Her most distinguished rival was Harry Dunn, a former Capitol Police officer who was on obligation in the course of the assaults on Jan. 6, 2021, and rose to nationwide fame after testifying within the House investigation into the assault. Mr. Dunn, a first-time candidate, had considerably out-raised his opponents within the race since saying his run in January, and was endorsed by various distinguished nationwide Democrats.
Ms. Elfreth had raised about $1.5 million since beginning her marketing campaign in November, considerably lower than the $4.6 million that Mr. Dunn had amassed. But she obtained assist from exterior teams, together with greater than $4.2 million in spending from the United Democracy Project, a brilliant PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel group.
Her assist drew assaults from Mr. Dunn, who swore off funding from exterior teams and criticized Ms. Elfreth for at occasions voting alongside Republicans within the State Senate. Ms. Elfreth, for her half, stated she would prioritize marketing campaign finance reform in Congress, and her marketing campaign accused Mr. Dunn of distorting Ms. Elfreth’s report.
Ms. Elfreth will likely be favored within the closely Democratic district in November.
