{{Short description|American politician (born 1979)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Angela Angel | image = Del. Angela M. Angel, Esq. (cropped).jpg | caption = Angel at the United State of Women Summit in 2018 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|26}} | birth_place = South Bend, Indiana, United States | death_date = | death_place = | state_delegate = Maryland | district = 25th | alongside = Dereck E. Davis and Darryl Barnes | term_start = January 11, 2015 | term_end = January 9, 2019 | predecessor = Aisha Braveboy | successor = Nick Charles | party = Democrat | occupation = Attorney | children = 5 | footnotes = }} '''Angela Angel''' (born December 26, 1979) is an American politician who represented District 25 in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2019.<ref name="msa"/> A member of the Democratic Party, she ran for Congress in Maryland's 4th congressional district in 2022.<ref name="House">{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Former Delegate Angel Makes Congressional Bid Official |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/12/20/former-delegate-angel-makes-congressional-bid-official/ |access-date=June 28, 2022 |work=Maryland Matters |date=December 20, 2021}}</ref>
==Background== Angel was born in South Bend, Indiana. She received her undergraduate degree at Virginia's Hampton University. Angel then graduated from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, where she received her Juris Doctor in 2004. She graduated with Honors and a specialization in Alternative Dispute Resolution. She served as a judicial fellow to Judge James A. Yates of the New York Supreme Court from 2004 to 2005. She was admitted to New York Bar in 2005.<ref name="msa">{{cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa17066.html|title=Angela M. Angel, Maryland State Delegate|publisher=|accessdate=August 15, 2020}}</ref>
Angel first got involved with politics in 2000, when she worked as a legislative aide to Virginia State Delegate Mary T. Christian.<ref name="msa"/> In 2010, Angel served as the principal coordinator for policy and politics in Prince George's County for Governor Martin O'Malley, and later served as legislator director for the Prince George's County Delegation until 2011. From there, she worked as an Education and Social Services Specialist for the Prince George's County Council until 2014, when she began working as the Legislative Affairs Counsel for the Prince George's Department of Environmental Protection.<ref name="Senate"/>
==In the legislature== From 2015 to 2019, Angel served on the Health and Government Operations committee in the Maryland House of Delegates. She was also a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.<ref name="msa"/>
In March 2018, Angel said that she was sexually harassed while working in the Maryland General Assembly, saying that she "felt defenseless when she was accosted in front of other people and no one came to her defense".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cox |first1=Erin |title=3 Maryland delegates say they were sexually harassed. Now they're pushing for reforms |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-harassed-delegates-20180305-story.html |access-date=June 28, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Maryland Lawmakers Discuss Harassment on the Job, Call for Change |url=https://afro.com/maryland-lawmakers-discuss-harassment-job-call-change/ |access-date=June 28, 2022 |work=Baltimore Afro-American |agency=Associated Press |date=March 6, 2018}}</ref>
Angel announced that she would run for the Maryland Senate on November 8, 2017, seeking to succeed retiring state Senator Ulysses Currie.<ref name="Senate">{{cite news |last1=Rose |first1=Mark |title=Del. Angel will challenge ex-Del. Griffith for Currie's Senate seat |url=https://marylandreporter.com/2017/11/08/del-angel-will-challenge-ex-del-griffith-for-curries-senate-seat/ |access-date=June 28, 2022 |work=MarylandReporter.com |date=November 8, 2017}}</ref> She lost the Democratic primary to former state Delegate Melony G. Griffith, receiving 36.8 percent of the vote to Griffith's 55.0 percent.<ref name="2018p" />
==Post-legislative career== In April 2023, Angel applied to fill a vacancy in District 25 of the Maryland House of Delegates left by the resignation of Darryl Barnes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beachum |first1=Lateshia |title=Successor to outgoing Maryland Del. Darryl Barnes to be named this week |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/24/prince-georges-county-district25/ |access-date=April 24, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 24, 2023}}</ref> In May 2023, the Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee unanimously voted to nominate its chair, Kent Roberson, to succeed Barnes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaines |first1=Danielle E. |last2=Kurtz |first2=Josh |last3=Sears |first3=Bryan P. |title=Roundup: Prince George's Dems pick chair for House vacancy, attitudes on sports betting, and new enviro leaders |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/05/05/roundup-prince-georges-dems-pick-chair-for-house-vacancy-attitudes-on-sports-betting-and-new-enviro-leaders/ |access-date=May 5, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=May 5, 2023}}</ref> In December 2023, Angel again applied to fill a vacancy in District 25 of the House of Delegates left by the appointment of Nick Charles to the Maryland Senate. The Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee voted to nominate Denise Roberts to the seat over Angel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=William J. |title=Denise Roberts chosen by Prince George's Democrats to fill vacant delegate seat |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/12/28/denise-roberts-chosen-by-prince-georges-democrats-to-fill-vacant-delegate-seat/ |access-date=December 28, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=December 28, 2023}}</ref>
In July 2024, after Prince George's County councilmember Mel Franklin resigned from his at-large seat on the county council, Angel filed to run in the special election to succeed Franklin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=William J. |title=Crowded field files to replace former Prince George's County Council Member Mel Franklin |url=https://marylandmatters.org/2024/07/05/crowded-field-files-to-replace-former-prince-georges-county-council-member-mel-franklin/ |access-date=July 6, 2024 |work=Maryland Matters |date=July 6, 2024}}</ref> She was defeated by Jolene Ivey in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=William J. |title=With majority of votes counted, Jolene Ivey expected to secure Democratic nomination |url=https://marylandmatters.org/briefs/with-majority-of-votes-counted-jolene-ivey-expected-to-secure-democratic-nomination/ |access-date=August 10, 2024 |work=Maryland Matters |date=August 9, 2024}}</ref>
===2022 U.S. House campaign=== {{main|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland#District 4}} On December 20, 2021, Angel announced her bid for the Democratic nomination in Maryland's 4th congressional district.<ref name="House" /><ref name="House1">{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=Meagan |title=Former Prince George's delegate Angela Angel enters 4th District congressional race |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/former-prince-georges-delegate-angela-angel-enters-4th-district-congressional-race/ |access-date=June 28, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> She was defeated in the Democratic primary on July 19, 2022, placing third behind former Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey and former Congresswoman Donna Edwards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=Meagan |title=Ivey defeats Edwards in bitter, high-profile Md. primary for House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/19/edwards-maryland-primary-elections-congress/ |access-date=April 27, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 19, 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== In June 2012, Angel briefly lived in a homeless shelter after escaping an abusive marriage.<ref name="House1"/> She is a single mother of five children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dresser |first1=Michael |title=Maryland's part-time lawmakers seek balance between family life, public service |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-assembly-family-20150301-story.html |access-date=June 28, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 1, 2015}}</ref> She is Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Angel |first=Angela |title=Tweet |url=https://twitter.com/thepoliticchic/status/1201289926823645186 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
==Political positions== ===Development initiatives=== During her House campaign, Angel said that she would support efforts to bring the FBI headquarters to Prince George's County.<ref name="House1"/>
===Education=== During her House campaign, Angel said that she supported universal pre-K.<ref name="House1"/>
===Health care=== In 2018, Angel was a sponsor of the Healthy Maryland Act, a bill that would establish a universal single-payer healthcare system in Maryland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Georgians Embrace State Single-Payer System |url=https://afro.com/prince-georgians-embrace-state-single-payer-system/ |access-date=June 28, 2022 |work=Baltimore Afro-American |date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>
===Immigration=== In November 2015, Angel signed a letter condemning Governor Larry Hogan's decision to block Syrian refugees from resettling to Maryland.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Josh |title=38 groups call on Hogan to welcome Syrian refugees in Maryland |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/11/24/38-groups-call-on-hogan-to-welcome-syrian-refugees-in-maryland/ |access-date=June 28, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 24, 2015}}</ref>
===Social issues=== During the 2016 legislative session, Angel introduced legislation to change the definition of abuse to include harassment and malicious destruction of property. The bill died in the House Judicial Proceedings Committee, prompting Angel to attach her legislation as an amendment, which passed the House with a vote of 65-60, to a domestic-violence-related bill introduced by state Senator Victor R. Ramirez.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Snowden-McCray |first1=Lisa |title=In surprise move, Maryland lawmaker uses amendment to change domestic violence definition |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/citypaper/bcpnews-in-surprise-move-maryland-lawmaker-uses-amendment-to-change-domestic-violence-definition-20160409-story.html |access-date=June 28, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |agency=Baltimore City Paper |date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> Veteran lawmakers accused Angel of violating constitutional rules by making this move, with House parliamentarian William Frick arguing that reviving a dead bill by grafting it onto a live bill "upends the integrity of the committee system that first put the brakes on Angel's legislation". The House passed Ramirez's bill as amended, but the legislation died in the Senate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hernández |first1=Arelis |title=She thought passing a domestic violence bill would be easy. She was wrong. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/she-thought-passing-a-domestic-violence-bill-would-be-easy-she-was-wrong/2016/04/12/db9fae5a-0002-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html |access-date=June 28, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 12, 2016}}</ref>
Angel supported a 2018 historically Black colleges and universities lawsuit against the state of Maryland, saying that "institutions with predominantly Black student bodies should be given equitable funding by the state with those with White students in the majority".<ref>{{cite news |title=Maryland Senate Hopefuls Appeal to Church Members |url=https://afro.com/maryland-senate-hopefuls-appeal-to-church-members/ |access-date=June 28, 2022 |work=Baltimore Afro-American |date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change | title = Maryland House of Delegates District 25 Democratic primary election, 2014<ref>{{cite web | title = Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for House of Delegates | work = Maryland State Board of Elections | url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/primary/gen_results_2014_1_01625.html }}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Dereck E. Davis |votes = 9,088 |percentage = 25.7 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Angela Angel |votes = 7,104 |percentage = 20.1 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Darryl Barnes |votes = 5,702 |percentage = 16.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Juanita D. Miller |votes = 3,804 |percentage = 10.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Nick Charles |votes = 3,032 |percentage = 8.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Matthew Fogg |votes = 1,713 |percentage = 4.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Tony Jones |votes = 1,498 |percentage = 4.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Geraldine Gerry Eggleston |votes = 1,299 |percentage = 3.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Larry R. Greenhill |votes = 1,094 |percentage = 3.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Stanley Onye |votes = 1,014 |percentage = 2.9 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Maryland House of Delegates District 25 election, 2014<ref>{{cite web | title = Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates | work = Maryland State Board of Elections | url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/General/gen_results_2014_2_01625.html }}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Angela Angel |votes = 26,792 |percentage = 36.2 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Dereck E. Davis |votes = 23,593 |percentage = 31.9 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Darryl Barnes |votes = 23,372 |percentage = 31.6 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change |votes = 161 |percentage = 0.2 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Maryland Senate District 25 Democratic primary election, 2018<ref name="2018p">{{cite web | title = Official 2018 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for State Senator | work = Maryland State Board of Elections | url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2018/results/primary/gen_results_2018_1_01525.html }}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Melony G. Griffith |votes = 10,939 |percentage = 55.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Angela M. Angel |votes = 7,320 |percentage = 36.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Jonathan Edward Rosero |votes = 1,641 |percentage = 8.2 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Maryland's 4th congressional district Democratic primary election, 2022<ref>{{cite web | title = Official 2022 Gubernatorial Primary Election Results for Representative in Congress | work = Maryland State Board of Elections | url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/primary_results/gen_results_2022_5_4.html }}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Glenn Ivey | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 42,791 | percentage = 51.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Donna Edwards | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 29,114 | percentage = 35.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Angela Angel | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 4,678 | percentage = 5.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Tammy Allison | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 1,726 | percentage = 2.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Kim A. Shelton | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 1,354 | percentage = 1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Gregory Holmes | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 1,024 | percentage = 1.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = James Curtis Jr. | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 763 | percentage = 0.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Matthew Fogg | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 663 | percentage = 0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Robert K. McGhee | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 549 | percentage = 0.7 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Prince George's County Council At-Large Democratic special primary election, 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Official 2024 Special Primary Election Results for Prince George's County |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2024/special_primary/primary_results/gen_results_2024_by_county_17.html |website=elections.maryland.gov |access-date=August 8, 2024 |date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Jolene Ivey | party = Maryland Democratic Party | votes = 29,698 | percentage = 47.54 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Tim Adams | party = Maryland Democratic Party | votes = 19,061 | percentage = 30.51 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Tamara Davis Brown | party = Maryland Democratic Party | votes = 5,723 | percentage = 9.16 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Angela Angel | party = Maryland Democratic Party | votes = 3,371 | percentage = 5.40 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Marvin E. Holmes Jr. | party = Maryland Democratic Party | votes = 1,473 | percentage = 2.36 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Gabriel Njinimbot | party = Maryland Democratic Party | votes = 1,176 | percentage = 1.88 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Kiesha D. Lewis ''(withdrawn)'' | party = Maryland Democratic Party | votes = 859 | percentage = 1.38 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Judy Mickens-Murray | party = Maryland Democratic Party | votes = 688 | percentage = 1.10 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Leo Bachi Eyomobo | party = Maryland Democratic Party | votes = 416 | percentage = 0.67 }} {{End}}
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