Brooke Lierman replaces longtime comptroller Peter Franchot as part of a history-making ticket in Maryland.
Lierman was part of a historic, barrier-breaking Democratic ticket that includes Anthony G. Brown, Maryland’s first Black attorney general, and the state’s first Black governor, Gov.-elect Wes Moore, who will be inaugurated Wednesday.Moore’s running mate, Aruna Miller, will also become Maryland’s first immigrant to hold a statewide office.“I’m really excited, and also really humbled to be the first woman,” Lierman, 43, said in an interview last week.
She was introduced Monday by an iconic glass-ceiling breaker from Maryland, former senator Barbara A. Mikulski, the state’s first and only elected female senator.Mikulski said Lierman “will stand sentry over the state’s funds. Brooke will be a watchdog, and she’ll bark when needed and she’ll bite when necessary.”
“She’ll worry about the macro issues — the state revenue, stability of pensions. But she’ll also worry about the macaroni and cheese issues, those issues that effect you,” she said.promised voters she would advocate for equitable tax policies, including proactively reaching out to seniors or families who are not claiming tax credits for which they qualify.
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