Incumbent Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.-07) is looking to continue his service as a U.S. Representative in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. (Courtesy photo)

By AFRO Staff

This week, the AFRO is proud to announce an endorsement of incumbent Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.-07), who is running for re-election in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District.

“I believe that you judge a product by how it’s performed in the past,” said Mfume. “I would like to think that my performance has been more than adequate. I’ve worked extremely hard–day in and day out– to make sure that the citizens of this district and their views are heard.”

Mfume has spent years helping people through public service as a Baltimore City Council member and currently as a congressman. The 75-year-old originally served as the representative of the 7th Congressional District from 1987 to 1996 but returned to the office in 2020.

Mfume has spent time bettering the community as president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and as an assistant professor at his alma mater, Morgan State University. He is also a member of the advisory board for the Schomburg Commission for the Preservation of Black Culture.

His work in the 118th Congress includes helping to secure $500,000 for the Belvedere Place Affordable Rental Housing Development, $1.25 million for the Acquisition and Renovation of Blighted Properties in Park Heights and more than $5 million to support gun violence prevention projects throughout the state.

“I’m really concerned about this whole issue of mass shootings in our society,” said Mfume on his top agenda items if re-elected. “I’m working very hard on the Mass Shooters Act which would collect data and give the justice department extra things to go for in terms of a digital footprint.”

He also said, if re-elected, he plans to work on the Stop Online Ammunition Act, a bill that would set limits on the online ammunition market to help prevent mass shootings and gun violence across the U.S. 

“I’d like to finish much of the stuff I’ve started, even though I’ve gotten a lot done,” said Mfume. “I appreciate all the support that I’ve gotten to this point.”

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