ROCKVILLE, Maryland — Caroline, a black woman in her early 60s, has lived in Maryland her whole adult life. She calls herself an independent and says Republican Larry Hogan was a good governor. She knows nothing about the record of Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, the county executive in neighboring Prince George’s County. Yet Caroline voted for Alsobrooks over Hogan in the Senate race on Tuesday.

Why?

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