Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks visits Towson University ahead of Election Day
By Ivy Choe, Contributing Writer
Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks visited Towson University Wednesday evening where roughly fifty students gathered across from Tiger Plaza to hear Alsobrooks discuss her platform.
The event began at 5:30 p.m. and offered pizza, campaign merchandise and a bus for students to take after the event to South Campus Pavilion, the closest voting site to campus.
Alsobrooks, joined by her campaign team, met with students, listened to their concerns, shook hands and took photos.
“I’m so happy to be here on this campus,” Alsobrooks said. “This election is about the future, and we can’t think about the future without considering the students on this campus.”
Alsobrooks thanked attendees and talked about her stance on issues including reproductive rights, the economy and climate change.
“This is a really important election, and I am so proud of all of you for coming out,” Alsobrooks said. “Your generation is going to save our country…and as you invest in your education, you deserve every opportunity to do better than your parents have done. This is the kind of country that we want to build, one with economic opportunity where every generation does better than the one that came before it.”
Several students who attended expressed Alsobrooks’ platform aligned with their priorities. Senior Willow Sobul showed support for Alsobrooks’ representation and advocacy for minority groups.
“I’m excited to have another voice that’s similar to mine and the people I’ve grown up with, someone who will represent us at the table,” Sobul said.
Sobul, who voted for Alsobrooks, added that Alsobrooks’ stance on women’s rights was especially important to her.
“[Alsobrooks] supports women’s rights, and that affects me directly,” Sobul said. “For a while, other states have been banning abortion, and it’s been crazy down in the South, especially. Seeing it come close to home, to our home state, scared me. I thought to myself: our rights might be on the line here too.”
Other attendees valued the chance to engage directly with a Senate candidate. Junior Marialex Nolasco noted that her decision to attend was partly to hear from Alsobrooks in person.
“I’ve mainly seen smear campaigns against her,” Nolasco said. “I wanted to see what she actually stood for.”
Junior Lillian Imhoff, who majors in political science, emphasized the importance of access to candidates in shaping political involvement.
“I thought this was a unique opportunity,” Imhoff said. “How often do you get to interact with candidates? It’s important to exercise your rights to democracy and your right to vote.”
At the end of the event students were able to board a bus provided by the campaign that took them to South Campus Pavilion to vote.
