Maya Rockeymoore Cummings seeks husband’s seat in Congress

BALTIMORE (AP) — The widow of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings has resigned as Maryland’s Democratic Party chair to run for her late husband’s congressional seat.
News outlets report 48-year-old Maya Rockeymoore Cummings plans to formally announce her campaign at her Baltimore home Tuesday morning. Congressman Elijah Cummings died last month at the age of 68.
Rockeymoore Cummings also says she will undergo a preventative double mastectomy Friday. Her family has a history of breast can