Brooke Lierman makes history, becomes Maryland's first female Comptroller

Brooke Lierman elected as Maryland's first woman comptroller - Maryland Matters

Baltimore Del. Brooke Lierman made history Tuesday night, becoming the first woman elected as state comptroller and to an independent state government office in Maryland.“It’s been 20 years since the one and only time Democrats nominated a woman for one of our three statewide offices and I’d like to give a shout out to that woman, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend — as well as all the women who’ve run and whose shoulders I stand on: from Eleanor Carey t…

Brooke Lierman makes history, becomes Maryland's first female Comptroller

Democratic candidate Brooke Lierman becomes the first woman elected to an independent statewide office in Maryland.

Lierman leads in race for Maryland comptroller

If she wins, she will be the first woman to win statewide independently.

Democrat Brooke Lierman on her race for Maryland comptroller: ‘We have finally elected a woman’

State Del. Brooke Lierman won the race for Maryland comptroller Tuesday night, becoming the first woman to assume the seat. Barry Glassman, Harford County executive, conceded.

Lierman claims victory in comptroller race; may become first woman to win statewide

In the race for Maryland comptroller, Democrat Brooke Lierman defeated Republican Barry Glassman Tuesday, dashing the hopes of Maryland’s GOP of securing at lea

Winston Makes History, Becomes Brooklyn Park's First Black Mayor

In a history-making Brooklyn Park mayoral race, Hollies Winston defeated Wynfred Russell to become the city’s first ever Black mayor. Winston won with 59.1 percent of the vote out of 23,864 ballots cast.City council races have historically been nonpartisan. However, Winston received the backing of the DFL Party. Russell, a current city council member, was endorsed by former Brooklyn Park mayor and current Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Lunde …