BOWIE, MD – Today Maryland Del. Adrian Boafo and former Bowie Mayor Pro Tem announced his campaign for Congress in Maryland’s Fifth Congressional District to succeed Maryland’s senior statesman Rep. Steny Hoyer.

“Growing up my parents taught us that if we worked hard and played by the rules, we’d get ahead. Today Marylanders are working harder than ever to just survive,” said Del. Adrian Boafo. “My entire career I’ve fought for working families;  to raise wages, create jobs, expand small businesses like the one that sustained my family growing up, and defend the basic civil rights of Marylanders from every background. Our state deserves a fighter in Congress who will deliver for their families.”

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.

“Our nation is yearning for a new generation of leadership that can tackle the challenges of today – from being able to afford basics like rent and groceries to addressing the climate crisis," said Del. Adrian Boafo. “In Congress I’m going to fight for an economy Marylanders deserve and defend the rights and values so many before us gave their lives to defend.” 

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. 

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

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