Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy won her first four-year term Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, notching a landslide victory over write-in candidate Tonya Sweat.

The former state’s attorney for Prince George’s County was first elected as county executive in a 2025 special election to finish out Angela Alsobrooks’s term, after Alsobrooks was elected to the U.S. Senate.

Braveboy cruised to victory in both the primary and general elections..

Her first full term will begin at a pivotal moment for Prince George’s.

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The county is poised to welcome the entertainment venue Sphere, a major project that promises to revamp National Harbor and boost county coffers and job opportunities.

Braveboy’s mediation during tense negotiations helped move the project forward and demonstrated that she can secure the votes needed to advance big developments.

She’ll look to carry that momentum forward as the county seeks to build out a large-scale development at the Six Flags America site in Bowie and attract a development to replace Northwest Stadium in Landover after the Commanders’ expected departure.

Prince George’s is also expected to be the next home of the FBI, but those plans are likely delayed until after the 2028 election cycle.

Braveboy will face significant obstacles early in her term. The county is already staring down a projected $151 million deficit in next year’s budget. Her administration will have to account for mandated increases in school spending and employee compensation. In addition, the state’s multibillion-dollar deficit is threatening to increase costs for local governments.

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Meanwhile, broader economic headwinds and mass federal layoffs are harming the county’s revenue growth.

It’s a grim fiscal reality that may force the county executive to consider deep spending cuts, local tax hikes or some combination of the two.

She’ll also have to keep responding to the intense scrutiny facing leaders on the County Council over millions they’ve awarded to a handful of nonprofits. The county executive has already requested an investigation into the funding provided to one such organization, Community on the Frontline, and its Beverly Hills, California-based fiscal sponsor, the Edward Charles Foundation.

Braveboy’s administration is also embroiled in a tug-of-war over $39 million in funding transferred from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which administers parks and planning in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties.

A Circuit Court judge is expected to decide whether county officials violated state and local law by transferring the money from the state-supervised commission to county coffers.

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Barring a settlement agreement, the county and the commission will meet in court on Nov. 16.