Ever since her election to Maryland House Speaker in May after the death of longtime Speaker Michael Busch, Adrienne Jones — the first African-American woman to be elected to the post — has emphasized the need for lawmakers to unite.
“Division doesn’t help anyone. It doesn’t help us as a body, it doesn’t help the citizens that we’re out here to serve,” Jones said.
Asked about her relationship with Gov. Larry Hogan, the first Republican to win reelection in Maryland since Theodore McKeldin in 1954, Jones said they mostly interact during the legislative session.
Going forward, she said she hopes to have good relations with Hogan, who has touted Maryland state government as having a bipartisan bent but hasn’t hesitated to criticize lawmakers, especially on fiscal issues.
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