Endorsement: Brooke Lierman for Maryland Comptroller
WASHINGTON D.C.—New Politics today endorsed attorney, legislator, and lifelong public servant Brooke Lierman for Comptroller in Maryland. Emily Cherniack, Founder and Executive Director of New Politics released the following statement:
“We’re thrilled to endorse Brooke Lierman to serve as Maryland’s next comptroller. Through every step of her career, Brooke has proven that substantive change can happen when leaders build coalitions and put the interests of others above their own. Whether as a volunteer, an attorney, or as a public servant, Brooke has consistently sought to be a voice for the voiceless. As comptroller, Brooke Lierman will work tirelessly every day to ensure every Marylander has the opportunity to thrive.”
About Brooke Lierman
Delegate Brooke Lierman is a disability and civil rights attorney, mother of two, and state legislator. Brooke joined the General Assembly in 2015, spent five years as a Member of the Appropriations Committee before assuming a leadership role on the Environment and Transportation Committee in 2019. She is also the House Chair for the Joint Committee on Pensions, sits on the Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, and founded and formerly co-chaired the Maryland Transit Caucus. Brooke has successfully passed landmark legislation to invest in and improve public transit; end suspension and expulsion of young students; fund evidence-based gun violence prevention programs; aid sex trafficking victims; close loopholes in our family and paid leave laws and much more. In 2019, working with environmental groups and small businesses around the state, she passed the nation’s first statewide ban on Styrofoam food and beverage containers, and in 2020 she passed the HOME Act, banning housing discrimination based on the renter’s source of income.
Brooke is a powerful advocate for her constituents and a champion for families and small businesses around the state. Amidst the health and economic crises created by COVID-19, she has organized food relief for constituents and led the successful effort to bring World Central Kitchen to Baltimore to feed thousands in need. If given the chance to become the state’s financial guardian, Brooke will lead with a culture of transparency and purpose that leverages the full power of the Comptroller’s office to unlock opportunity for every Maryland resident,
About New Politics
New Politics is a bipartisan organization that revitalizes American democracy by recruiting, developing, and electing leaders who have committed their lives to serving our country, either through the military or national service organizations like AmeriCorps or the Peace Corps. New Politics support includes strategic advising and training in all aspects of a candidate’s campaign, such as fundraising, communications, organizing, hiring, and team building. New Politics has raised more than $8.5 million for their candidates, electing more than 30 of them to office, from Congress to School Board.