Anthony Brown becomes Maryland's first Black attorney general
Anthony Brown, an outgoing three-term congressman and former two-term lieutenant governor, made history in 2022 by becoming Maryland's first African American attorney general. Brown went head to head against former Anne Arundel County Councilman Michael Peroutka. A Republican has not been elected attorney general in Maryland since 1919. Edward D.E. Rollins was the last Republican to serve in the office, after being appointed to it in 1952.
