Senators Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, and David Trone. He also received endorsements from the Maryland Sierra Club and the Maryland State Education Association. In May 2022, an investigation from Time alleged that Brown violated state election laws by using funds from his congressional campaign account to bankroll his bid for attorney general. Brown won the Democratic primary election on July 19, 2022, defeating former First Lady of Maryland Katie O'Malley with 55.1 percent of the vote. He defeated Republican lawyer Michael Peroutka in the general election on November 8, 2022. Tenure Brown was sworn in on January 3, 2023, becoming Maryland's first Black attorney general. In January 2023, ahead of his swearing in, Brown said he supported legislation that would allow him to sue companies and individuals for civil rights violations. He also set out multiple goals for his time in office, including increasing salaries and employment in the Attorney General's office, enforcing environmental regulations, and investigating police misconduct. Personal life Brown married Patricia Arzuaga in 1993, and they had two children, Rebecca and Jonathan, before their divorce in 2009. Jonathan was adopted. Brown married Karmen Walker on May 27, 2012. She is the widow of Prince George's County police officer Anthony Michael Walker. He became the stepfather of Walker's son Anthony. Both Anthony and Brown's son Jonathan were in the same grade at the same Catholic school in 2012. Walker is a director of government relations with Comcast. Brown is Catholic. Awards, ribbons, and badges Brown's personal awards include: Brown was also awarded the Army Aviator Badge, and the Army Superior Unit Award. He is Airborne and Air Assault qualified, and is authorized to wear one Overseas Service Bar. See also List of African-American United States representatives List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States References External links Congressman Anthony Brown official U.S. House website Campaign website |- |- |- |- |- |- 1961 births 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American politicians African-American history of Maryland African-American members of the United States House of Representatives African-American United States Army personnel African-American state legislators in Maryland American military lawyers American people of Cuban descent American people of Swiss descent American politicians of Jamaican descent African-American Catholics Catholics from Maryland Catholics from New York (state) Civil affairs of the United States military Democratic Party members of the United States House of