Ferguson’s New Senate: What the Leadership Slate Really Says
Senate President Bill Ferguson announced his 2027 leadership slate yesterday, and if you read these announcements the way Annapolis reads them — looking for what’s missing, not what’s there — this one is a master class.
The press release gives you the headline moves: Brian Feldman becomes Majority Leader and Chief of Policy, a new combined role. Dawn Gile takes the gavel of Education, Energy, and the Environment. Antonio Hayes takes Finance — the first Black man to chair it — with artificial intelligence added to the committee’s jurisdiction. Mary Washington becomes Majority Whip.
That’s the press release version. Here’s what it means.
