By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Less than 24 hours after Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings announced her intention to seek the 7th District Congressional seat of her late husband Rep. Elijah Cummings, accusations of lying are swirling around her candidacy. During a phone interview with the AFRO, Rockeymoore Cummings said she stands by her statement in […]
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Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Seeks Husband’s Seat in Congress
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The widow of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings has resigned as Maryland’s Democratic Party chair to run for her late husband’s congressional seat. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, 48, is expected to formally announce her campaign at her Baltimore home Tuesday morning, news outlets reported. Congressman Elijah Cummings died last month […]
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Carter Expected to Announce Run for the 7th
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Several sources close to Baltimore Sen. Jill Carter said she is a candidate to represent the 7th Congressional District of Maryland, in the aftermath of the sudden death of Rep. Elijah Cummings on Oct. 17. Carter is scheduled to make a “special announcement” on Nov. 18, when she is expected […]
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Can Baltimore Obtain Justice?
By Nisa Islam Muhammad, Staff Writer, The Final Call via BPUSA @nisaislam Crooked cops are what Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby has come fact-to-face with. She recently asked courts to throw out nearly 800 criminal cases handled by 25 city police officers, saying she had reason to distrust more than a dozen cops in addition […]
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Cummings’ Widow Expected to Run for His House Seat: Report
By WI Web Staff via BPUSA Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, widow of Rep. Elijah Cummings, is expected to run for her husband’s House seat, according to a Fox News report. Cummings, who was up for reelection in 2020, died Thursday due to long-term health complications. He was 68. Rockeymoore Cummings, chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, […]
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Mfume: `I Think the Record Will Show, I’m Proven…’
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Kweisi Mfume, former President of the NAACP, once represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District prior to the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, the man he eulogized on Oct. 25. In a wide-ranging interview with the AFRO, Mfume methodically laid out his reasons for pursuing the 7th District seat once again in the […]
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Convicted and Suspected Dirty Cops, Hundreds of Tainted Cases and Hundreds of Police Officers With Tarnished Reputations Signal Trouble For Baltimore Crime Fighting and Efforts To Obtain Justice
By Nisa Islam Muhammad, Staff Writer, The Final Call @nisaislam Crooked cops are what Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby has come fact-to-face with. She recently asked courts to throw out nearly 800 criminal cases handled by 25 city police officers, saying she had reason to distrust more than a dozen cops in addition to the […]
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Former NAACP Leader Mfume to Run for Congressional Seat
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A former leader of the NAACP says he will run for the Maryland congressional seat that became vacant with the death of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings. Kweisi Mfume announced his plans Monday to regain the seat he held before leading the civil rights organization. In a Friday, Oct. […]
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Former Police Spokesman Makes Mayoral Bid
By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO The race to be Baltimore’s next mayor added another entrant this week, albeit a less conventional aspirant whose background is policing, not politics. T.J Smith, the former spokesperson for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), declared his candidacy Tuesday (Oct. 29), pledging to use his experience dealing with the city’s […]
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Mfume to Make Major Announcement Nov. 4
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Kweisi Mfume, the person who preceded the late Rep. Elijah Cummings representing the 7th Congressional District of Baltimore, is poised to make a major announcement about his future and the seat he once held. He is scheduled to make the announcement Nov. 4, at noon. Kweisi Mfume (Courtesy Photo) Mfume, […]
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Young Makes It Official: He’s Running
By The Associated Press and AFRO Staff Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young has officially started campaigning to secure a full four-year term as the city’s top elected official. On Oct. 26, Young tearfully told supporters gathered at the Ynot Lot in Station North, he was dedicating his campaign kickoff to the memory of the […]
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Baltimore’s Ferguson Takes the Senate’s Big Chair
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com William C. “Bill” Ferguson, IV, was born April 15, 1983. That’s the same year I graduated from Walbrook High School. Ironically, it was tax day. Now, at 36, he is poised to take the Senate President’s chair, which has been occupied by Thomas V. “Mike” Miller since 1987. […]