Trailblazing former U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski backs former judge Katie Curran O’Malley in a closely watched race to be the state’s top law enforcement official.
Mikulski, a former U.S. senator, was the dean of the Democratic Party for decades before her retirement in 2017. She backed O’Malley over chief rival Rep. Anthony G. Brown , who was lieutenant governor alongside O’Malley’s husband, former governor Martin O’Malley.of the Maryland State Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union with 76,000 members and a network of political activists.
Mikulski said the attorney general’s office deals with many issues that affect Maryland women, including reproductive rights and “equal pay for equal work.” “It’s time that we elect an attorney general who understands those issues firsthand and who has the experience to move our state forward,” Mikulski said. “I believe that Katie is the right person — and the right woman — to do that.”
O’Malley was a Baltimore City District Court judge until she resigned in October for her first bid for public office. She’s also a former prosecutor.Barbara A. O’MalleyO’Malley also picked up the endorsement this week from former chief judge Mary Ellen Barbera of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court.