Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando announced Tuesday morning that he is running for the U.S. Senate.
There’s a Big Lie in America — and it’s not about the 2020 election. It’s the idea that for some to get ahead, others have to be left behind.
Today, I’m launching a campaign for U.S. Senate because we need more progressive champions to squash the Big Lie and fight for you. pic.twitter.com/hVd5LgB6ub
— Will Jawando (@willjawando) May 2, 2023
In a video message posted Monday, Jawando said, “There’s a Big Lie in America. No, it’s not about Donald Trump or his delusions that he won the election — the real Big Lie, the one you feel every day, that pits neighbors against neighbors, it’s the one that says, ‘For you to do well, I have to do worse,’ that we can’t take care of each other, and still prosper, that if some people get ahead everyone else has to be left behind. I’m running for the US Senate because I believe we can build a shared prosperity in Maryland that lifts everybody up and leaves no one behind. That would be really big.”
“I learned at an early age what it means to be an American that the country would just as soon leave behind. So now, when I see inequities that hold so many of us back — whether the Black uber driver, the white factory worker, the single mom, or the family just trying to get by — I never look away. Dismantling the deep economic and racial barriers that hold our country back is my life’s work. I know that the United States Senate is one of the most effective places to continue this work,” said Jawando in a press release.
WUSA9 reported the story first.
On Monday, Jawando praised U.S. Senator Ben Cardin who announced he will not seek reelection but will finish his current term, which ends in two years.
Cardin has represented Marylanders for 56 years, first in the House of Delegates and then on the federal level in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Thank you @SenatorCardin for your lifetime of service! Read my full statement here:https://t.co/hWV61T061s https://t.co/ixRzevxjiJ
— Will Jawando (@willjawando) May 1, 2023
Jawando, 41, has been an At-Large County councilmember since 2018. He was born in Silver Spring and graduated from Catholic University with a law degree. He founded a social justice nonprofit, worked as a Capitol Hill staffer and for the Obama administration. Jawando authored the book, My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole. The book was released in 2022 and offered reflections on mentorship and service throughout his life.
