Kent Roberson | |
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![]() Roberson in 2024 | |
Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 25th district | |
Assumed office May 30, 2023 Servingwith Karen Toles and Denise Roberts | |
Appointed by | Wes Moore |
Preceded by | Darryl Barnes |
Personal details | |
Born | Memphis,Tennessee,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Ball State University (BA,MA) Wesley Theological Seminary (MDiv) |
Website | Campaign website |
Kent A. Roberson is an American politician who is currently a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 25.
Roberson was born in Memphis,Tennessee. He graduated from Frederick Douglass High School and later attended Ball State University,earning a bachelor's and master's degree in political science in 2002 and 2007,and the Wesley Theological Seminary,where he earned a Master of Divinity degree in 2003. [1]
Roberson first got involved in politics during high school in 2002,working as a student page for the Maryland House of Delegates. In 2013,he started work in the Maryland General Assembly mailroom. [2] After graduating,Roberson worked as an intern for U.S. Representative Albert Wynn,later serving as a senior government relations manager for the Corn Refiners Association [3] and the vice president of the Prince George's County Parent Teacher Student Association. In 2021,Roberson was appointed as the African-American Diversity Leadership chair for the state of Maryland. [4]
In 2018,Roberson was elected to the Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee for District 25. He was re-elected to a second term after running unopposed in 2022,subsequently becoming the committee's chair. [5]
Also in 2018,Roberson unsuccessfully ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 25,placing fifth with 6.4 percent of the vote. [6] In 2022,Roberson unsuccessfully ran for the Prince George's County Board of Education,losing to small business owner Lolita Walker. [4]
During the 2020 presidential primaries,Roberson unsuccessfully ran for national delegate to the Democratic National Convention,pledged to Elizabeth Warren. [7] He later served as an elector for Maryland's 5th congressional district in the 2020 United States presidential election. [8]
In April 2023,Roberson applied to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of state delegate Darryl Barnes. [5] He was unanimously nominated by fellow members of the Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee on May 5,2023. [9] Roberson was sworn into office on May 30,2023. [2]
Roberson is married to his wife,Jamii. [2] Together,they have three children. [5] [3] Roberson is a social justice minister at the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Washington,Maryland. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cheryl S. Landis (incumbent) | 56,024 | 78.3 | |
Democratic | Kent A. Roberson | 15,571 | 21.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Darryl Barnes (incumbent) | 13,050 | 26.5 | |
Democratic | Dereck E. Davis (incumbent) | 12,152 | 24.7 | |
Democratic | Nick Charles | 8,330 | 16.9 | |
Democratic | Wala Blegay | 6,217 | 12.6 | |
Democratic | Kent Roberson | 3,126 | 6.4 | |
Democratic | Sherman R. Hardy | 2,200 | 4.5 | |
Democratic | Stanley Onye | 2,070 | 4.2 | |
Democratic | Maurice Culbreath | 2,041 | 4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kent Roberson | 53,541 | 51.6 | |
Democratic | Sherma Jack Brisseau | 50,272 | 48.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kent Roberson (incumbent) | 100,319 | 100.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Lolita Walker | 17,861 | 56.8 | |
Kent Roberson | 13,390 | 42.6 | |
Write-in | 213 | 0.7 |