BOWIE, MD – Today Maryland Del. Adrian Boafo announced his campaign has secured endorsements from leaders across the 5th Congressional district. Del. Boafo now has endorsers from every County in the District, the first and only announced candidate who has been able to do so. 

“I’m so grateful for the support from this group of leaders from around the district," said Del. Adrian Boafo. “These are folks who understand the on-the-ground impact that policies in Washington are having in our communities, and I’ll take their cares and concerns with me to Congress.”

This latest round of endorsements adds to the 14 endorsements Adrian earned at launch and comes on the heels of Congressman Steny Hoyer’s strong endorsement of Adrian’s campaign.  

Boafo Campaign New Endorsements

• Delegate Darryl Odom - District 27A, Prince George's and Charles County

• Mayor Charles J. Colbert - Mayor, Upper Marlboro

• Vice Mayor Derrick F. Brooks - Vice Mayor, Upper Marlboro 

• Mayor Brandon Paulin - Mayor, Indian Head

• Former Delegate Geraldine Valentino Smith - District 23A, Prince George's County

• Former Delegate Cheryl Landis - District 23B, Prince George's County

• Former Delegate John Bohanan - District 29B, St. Mary's County

The Democratic Primary Election is June 23, 2026. To learn more about Adrian visit adrianboafo.com.

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About Adrian 

Adrian is a proud and lifelong Marylander. A son of immigrant parents from Ghana, he attended DeMatha Catholic High School and went on to the University of Baltimore, where he served as the first Black President of the Student Government Association. It was during a student advocacy trip to Annapolis to demand better mental health services and reforms around issues like the cost of education and criminal justice reform that Adrian saw how few voices looked or sounded like his at the decision-making table. He decided to pursue a career in the service of better policy to actually address the challenges his community faced.

Adrian was fortunate to serve the communities of Maryland’s Fifth Congressional District working for Congressman Steny Hoyer. At the age of 25, he won a seat on the Bowie City Council and later served as Vice Mayor of the City of Bowie. In 2022, voters again put their faith and trust in Adrian and elected him to the Maryland House of Delegates. Adrian has championed the Maryland Phone Free School Act to keep our students safe and focused in school, the ICE Breaker Act which would ban officers who joined ICE during Trump’s attack on immigrant communities from ever serving in the state police force, and a bill to raise the state’s minimum wage to $20.