How Maryland became the nation’s blueprint for electing Black politicians

Maryland has a chance to become the first state to elect a Black governor, attorney general and U.S. senator concurrently, transforming the state into the nation’s center of Black political power in just two election cycles. Two years ago, state voters broke barriers, making Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown the first Black candidates to be independently elected to statewide offices (two Black men had previously been elected lieutenant governor as part of a ticket).