2020 presidential candidate's spouse wins primary for David Trone's Maryland House seat

April McClain-Delaney, wife of ex-2020 presidential candidate John Delaney, has won the Democratic nomination for Maryland's 6th Congressional District.

April McClain-Delaney speaks after she won the Democratic nomination for Maryland's 6th Congressional District on May 14, 2024.  (April McClain Delaney/X)

In an upset, Trone lost the Senate primary to Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, a newcomer to national politics who could be the first Black woman from Maryland ever elected to the U.S. Senate. Alsobrooks will face former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the general election.

Delaney won the primary for Trone's seat with backing from several high-profile Democrats, including former House Speaker and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md. She raised more money than any other candidate in the race and self-funded her campaign with a $1 million loan. 

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2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates John Hickenlooper, former governor of Colorado, left to right, former Representative John Delaney and Steve Bullock, governor of Montana, stand on stage during the Democratic presidential candidate debate in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (Anthony Lanzilote/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

She met her husband, John Delaney, at Georgetown University Law Center and the two were married in 1990. They have four children together. 

John Delaney was the first Democrat to announce a run for the party's 2020 presidential nomination in 2020, though his short-lived campaign ended before the Iowa caucuses that year. A former businessman who was once the youngest CEO on the New York Stock Exchange, Delaney ran as a centrist opposed to far-left policies advocated by some of his rivals in the primary, including "Medicare-for-all." 

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John Delaney dropped out of the presidential contest in January 2020, citing a lack of support for his candidacy. 

Fox News Digital's Tyler Olson, Brandon Gillespie and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.

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