Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott and Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy expressed strong support Sunday for House Health and Government Operations Committee Chair Joseline Peña-Melnyk to become the next speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates.

“We know Joseline from her long service in Annapolis and have partnered with her to make Maryland stronger — from public health to public safety to approving schools,” Scott and Braveboy, both Democrats, said in a joint statement Sunday.

Born in the Dominican Republic, Peña-Melnyk, D-Anne Arundel and Prince George’s, would be the first Latina speaker of the House should she be nominated and subsequently elected.

Peña-Melnyk has been a member of the Maryland House of Delegates since 2007, and has served as the chair of t

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