Democrat Maryland Senate candidates Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. David Trone (Getty Images)
Despite apologizing and claiming he misspoke, meaning to use the term "bugaboo," Reps., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, and Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who are all Black, announced their support for Trone's Democrat primary opponent, Price George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, Axios first reported Monday.
A spokesperson for Lee confirmed her endorsement of Alsobrooks, who is also Black, but did not respond when asked if it was at all related to Trone's use of the slur. Clarke, Meeks, Beatty and Crockett did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Fox News Digital has also reached out to Trone, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Alsobrooks for comment.
Then-Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Nov. 18, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
He will likely face Maryland's former Republican governor, Larry Hogan, in the general election. Early polls suggested a tight race between the two. However, a Washington Post/University of Maryland poll released last week showed Hogan with a double-digit lead.
Elections analysts rate the race as "likely" Democrat, but Hogan's name recognition and high approval rating at the conclusion of his second term last year could further pose a challenge to Democrats' hopes of maintaining control of the Senate.
Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on X at @BGillespieAL.
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