David Trone and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks have announced candidacies for the Democratic primary for the Senate seat. Named for the congressman’s son, who died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 25, the fund will distribute money on a semiannual basis to causes and charities championed and advanced by Tommy Raskin, such as Oxfam, Give Directly, the Helen Keller Institute, and Animal Outlook. He previously battled colorectal cancer in 2010. It was the second time Raskin had been diagnosed with cancer.
Raskin, 60, announced in April that he had completed chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with a 90% prognosis of no relapse and that his cancer was in remission. Capitol and how as part of the House committee investigating the attack he won’t let American democracy go down the tubes. “But these are not normal times and we are still in the fight of our lives for democratic institutions, freedom and basic social progress in America as well as human rights and opportunity for people all over the world,” Raskin said. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) opened up about the death of his son by suicide just days before the Jan. Raskin said in the statement that “if these were normal times, I am pretty sure that this is what I would be announcing now.” Andrew Harnik/AP In his memoir Unthinkable, hitting shelves Tuesday, Congressman Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is on a journey moving through layers of excruciating trauma and grief. “At this moment, I believe the best way for me to make the greatest difference in American politics in 2024 and beyond is this: to run for reelection to the House of Representatives in Maryland’s extraordinary 8th District,” Raskin said.
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