EMILYs List Congratulates Brooke Lierman on Winning Democratic Primary in Maryland Comptroller Race

For Immediate Release
July 20, 2022 

EMILYs List Congratulates Brooke Lierman on Winning Democratic Primary in Maryland Comptroller Race

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulates Maryland state Del. Brooke Lierman on advancing to the general election in the Maryland comptroller race. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement: 
 
“EMILYs List is thrilled that state Del. Lierman has secured the Democratic nomination in her race for comptroller of Maryland. Lierman, who is poised to be the first woman elected to serve as comptroller in the state, has dedicated her career to public service. We know that through her experience as a disability and civil rights attorney, state delegate, and lifelong political organizer, Lierman is positioned to excel as the state’s financial guardian.”
 
Brooke Lierman is a mother, disability and civil rights attorney, and a passionate legislator. She moved to Montgomery County, MD in middle school and graduated from Walt Whitman High School. She attended Dartmouth College and then spent years as a grassroots organizer. Del. Lierman attended law school at the University of Texas School of Law while she fought for clients in need of better housing as part of the Legal Aid Fair Housing Clinic. She returned to Maryland and completed a clerkship in the U.S. Federal District Court in Baltimore and Greenbelt. In 2014, Lierman was elected to represent District 46 in the Maryland House of Delegates, and she was reelected in 2018.

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