Elijah Cummings daughters snub late congressman's widow in race to replace him

The two adult daughters of the House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings are spurning the candidacy of the Maryland Democrat’s widow, who is running for the seat he held for 23 years.

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, a former Maryland Democratic Party chairwoman, is one of several prominent figures running in the Feb. 4 special election to represent a district covering much of Baltimore and leafy suburbs to the north and west that includes several rural stretches. The general election will be held April 28, to fill the remainder of Cummings’s term, ending shortly after New Year’s Day 2021.