Maryland Democratic Governor candidate Doug Gansler Selects Former Hyattsville mayor as running mate

Former Maryland attorney general Douglas F. Gansler has named former Hyattsville mayor Candace Bacchus Hollingsworth as his running mate in his bid for Maryland governor.

Hollingsworth was elected in 2015 as the youngest and first Black mayor of Hyattsville, where she served before stepping down in December 2020 to develop Our Black Party, a national organization she co-founded to build the relationship between the Black community and the political system.

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