By Melissa Baltimore
Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced Thursday that he will not seek a third term after a 35-year career in Maryland politics.
Frosh, 75, said in a statement that he plans to retire when his term ends in January 2023.
“My work with you has been the most rewarding, fulfilling and, I believe, productive experience of my professional life,” Frosh said in thanking his staff and colleagues. “I continue to treasure the opportunity to work with all the talented and dedicated people that make up our great office.”
Frosh took office as attorney general in 2015 and spent the next four years challenging the Trump administration on matters such as preserving the Affordable Care Act, protecting the Clean Power Plan, overturning the Muslim ban, safeguarding Marylanders from exposure to toxic chemicals and protecting the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland’s shoreline from offshore oil drilling, the press release said.
Frosh is responsible for creating and leading the COVID-19 Access to Justice Task Force in 2020 to address the civil and legal needs of minority, low-income and vulnerable Marylanders that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the press release said.
“Brian Frosh’s career has been guided by integrity and service,” said Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski in a tweet on Thursday. “He has been a champion of the people, and Maryland is a better place because of his time as State Senator and Attorney General.”
Frosh was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent Montgomery County in 1986 before serving in the Maryland Senate for two decades in 1994. As a senator, Frosh served as the chairman of the Judicial Proceedings Committee.
His retirement follows the retirement announcement of Maryland State Treasurer Nancy Kopp, who will also be retiring at the end of the year.