Anti-Trump Republican Hogan releases new attack ad in pivotal Maryland Senate race

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Democrats, backing Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks for the seat, just added another $1.1m to her coffers, worried about their party’s flagging candidate in Montana. Sitting behind the wheel as police cruiser lights illuminate the background, a Prince George’s County Police Department officer blames the county executive in the ad for “releas violent criminals and drug dealers” and opposing cash bail, while highlighting countywide crime statistics. Alsobrooks has served as Prince George’s chief executive since 2018; the county, like others in Maryland including Baltimore, has struggled to battle rates of some crimes effectively in the wake of the Covid pandemic, which saw rates of crime spike nationally. A number of PG County officials — including, notably, State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy, one of the faces of crime prevention in the area — backed her opponent, David Trone, over Alsobrooks in the Democratic primary.