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Elijah Cummings’ Wife Maya Rockymoore Expected To Run For His House Seat

Jamaire LewisOctober 25, 2019October 25, 201912 mins

The wife of the late congressman and civil rights activist Elijah Cummings is expected to run for her husband’s House of Representatives seat. The longtime Democrat’s death — on Thursday, at age 68, caused by “longstanding health challenges” — came as a shock to many political observers but according to the The Washington Examiner, his…

Elijah Cummings, Baltimore Congressman And Civil Rights Leader Dead At 68

Jamaire LewisOctober 17, 2019October 17, 201905 mins

Representative Elijah Cummings, of Baltimore, died early Thursday morning at the age of 68. According to his office, Cummings passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital at 2:45 a.m. from “complications concerning longstanding health challenges. The congressman hadn’t returned to work after having a medical procedure that he said would only keep him away for about…