Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy won the Democratic primary for county executive on March 4.
Braveboy, 50, will run in the June 3 special election against the winner of the Republican primary, Jonathan White, who won 37% of the vote and edged out Jesse A. Peed, who took 34.34%, according to unofficial results as of press time from the Maryland State Board of Elections.
Braveboy, who had been touted as the Democratic front-runner before the primary election, took more than 46% of the vote. In second place as polls closed was Rushern L. Baker III, with 19% of the vote, followed by Calvin S. Hawkins Jr., with 16.5%, according to the unofficial results.
Nine Democrats and three Republicans were on the primary ballot. Prince George’s County voters typically elect Democrats, making Braveboy the presumed front-runner ahead of the June 3 special election.
The Upper Marlboro resident told Streetcar Suburbs Publishing—College Park Here & Now’s publisher—that she will devote her first year in office to strengthening the county’s finances, expanding its commercial tax base, supporting local businesses and retaining residents.
She also said she will confront the county’s $171 million budget deficit without raising taxes.
If Braveboy wins the June 3 general election, she will replace Angela Alsobrooks, who won a seat in the U.S. Senate in November after serving as county executive since 2018 and as county attorney for eight years before then. Alsobrooks left her post two years before the end of her term.
