U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks at Democratic event in Dundalk. Credit: John Lee/WYPR.
U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks at Democratic event in Dundalk. Credit: John Lee/WYPR.

At a gathering of Democrats in Dundalk Sunday, the elephant in the room was former Republican Governor Larry Hogan’s candidacy for the United States Senate.

The event was supposed to be a debate between the two prominent Democratic candidates, Angela Alsobrooks and David Trone, but Trone canceled because of illness.

That left Alsobrooks, who for a little over an hour answered questions from the audience.

Moderator Jayne Miller, a retired WBAL-TV reporter, tossed out the final question of the afternoon.

Miller asked Alsobrooks, “Larry Hogan has been pretty good at beating Democrats in statewide elections; so if you are the nominee how do you beat him?”

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