Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., on Friday endorsed his former campaign manager, Adrian Boafo, to succeed him after he announced his pending retirement.
Hoyer, 86, is the longest-serving House Democrat and represented Maryland's 5th Congressional District since winning a special election in May 1981.
Boafo, 31, seeks the Democratic Party's nomination to replace Hoyer after the Nov. 3 general election. Maryland's primary is scheduled for June 23.
"I've had the opportunity to know him for some period of time," Hoyer told The Washington Post.
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