Elijah Cummings’ Widow Maya R. Cummings Announces She Plans to Run for His Congressional Seat – People
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Elijah Cummings‘ widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, is running for her late husband’s seat in Congress.
“I am, of course, devastated at the loss of my spouse, but his spirit is with me,” Rockeymoore Cummings, 48, said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun on Monday, announcing her bid.
“I’m going to run this race and I’m going to run it hard, as if he’s still right here by my side,” she said.
Rep. Cummings, died on Oct. 17 at 68 years old, his office announced at the time. The civil rights leader died at 2:30 a.m. local time at Gilchrist Hospice Care, a Johns Hopkins affiliate in Baltimore, after “complications concerning long standing health challenges.”
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