Voters in Maryland approved a ballot measure that will add the right to abortion in the statewide constitution Tuesday. The right to abortion is already protected under Maryland law, but the Associated Press reported that this addition to the constitution would make it harder for that law to be reversed

Maryland voters approved a ballot measure on Tuesday to enshrine the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. Last year, Maryland lawmakers voted to put the constitutional amendment on the ballot after the U.

Democratic candidate Angela Alsobrooks and former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan battled it out for the seat of incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., who retired after serving 18 years in the U.S. Senate.

The Prince George’s County executive will be the first Black woman to represent Maryland in the Senate. Her race against former Gov. Larry Hogan was the most competitive in decades in the deep-blue state.

Angela Alsobrooks, the top elected official in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is projected to beat Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, becoming the state’s first Black female senator.Maryland’s U.S.