Voters chose Rep. Chris Van Hollen to serve as Maryland’s next U.S. Senator over Republican Kathy Szeliga on Tuesday.
Van Hollen garnered 60 percent of the votes to Szeliga’s 36.5 percent. Green Party candidate Margaret Flowers earned 3 percent, according to unofficial election results.
Van Hollen, a Democrat, will succeed retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski, who has represented the state in Congress since the 1970s. He won with Mikulski’s endorsement. She is the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress.
“I want to thank you for making me your partner in change in the United States Senate and together we know we have a lot of work to do,” Van Hollen told supporters gathered in Silver Spring.
“Let’s be dreamers and doers together. Let’s get to work Maryland, let’s get to work America,” he roared.
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