Elijah Cummings’s Wife Admits She’s ‘Thinking Carefully’ About Running for Late Husband’s Congressional Seat

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings during the funeral for her late husband Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) at the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore on Oct. 25, 2019. Julio Cortez-Pool/Getty Images

The wife of the late Elijah Cummings is considering running for his congressional seat just weeks after his death, The Washington Post reported.

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings told the publication on Thursday that she is “thinking carefully” about whether or not she will make a bid for the seventh district seat, which her husband previously held for over two decades.