By Ashlee Banks
Special to the AFRO
U.S. Rep. David Trone, D-Md lost his bid to become the Democratic nominee to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate after spending more than 60 million dollars on his campaign.
On May 14, the nation watched as Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks battled it out in the polls. Ultimately Maryland voters had the final say and casted their votes in favor of Alsobrooks.
Following the results, Trone hosted an election night celebration at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, located near the Inner Harbor in Baltimore City, where hundreds of his supporters attended. For a few hours Trone’s guests mixed and mingled while enjoying cocktails and small plates which included prime rib, mashed potatoes, shrimp and grits, egg rolls, assorted desserts and much more.
Towards the end of the night, Trone thanked his supporters in a speech and encouraged them to support Alsobrooks on Nov. 5.
“I wished the best of luck and I need all of you to come together to support the Democratic party,” said Trone. “We cannot let the party of Trump take our Senate. We also have to go out and take back the United States House.”
He concluded his speech by also rallying behind President Joe Biden.
“We need to re-elect Joe Biden,” said Trone. “We need to either put Donald Trump in retirement or maybe convict him–but, he’s got to go.”
Deni Taveras, a Maryland State Delegate told the AFRO that Alsobrooks won the primary election partly because her team capitalized on Trone’s use of the word “jigaboo,” a known racial slur, during a congressional hearing in March.
“They leveraged that and other things to help her win,” said Taveras.
David Grogan, a Prince George’s County resident, said in an interview with the AFRO that he is disappointed in the election results.
Grogan voted for Trone because he places “value in experience. If we don’t have experienced people in office, we put people in office to be figureheads.”
“I love David Trone’s tenacity, I love his grit, I love his experience and I love that he cares about all people including Black and brown people and that’s rare,” he said.
Alsobrooks will now go head to head with former Maryland Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan on Nov. 5.
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