Brooke Lierman makes history as first woman to win Md. comptroller’s race

Baltimore Del. Brooke E. Lierman won her bid to become the state’s top financial officer, making her the first woman to hold the job of comptroller and the first woman independently elected to statewide office in Maryland. Lierman, a Democrat, was ahead by 14 percentage points with most results reported as of Wednesday afternoon, more than enough to defeat her Republican opponent, Harford County Executive Barry Glassman.