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Harford County Dems Call for Lisanti Resignation After Racial Slur

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BEL AIR, Md. (AP) - Harford County Democrats are calling on one of their own to resign from Maryland's House of Delegates after she admitted using a racial slur.

The Baltimore Sun reports that the county's Democratic Central Committee voted Saturday at a special session to call for Del. Mary Ann Lisanti's resignation.

Lisanti, a Harford County Democrat, was censured by the House Thursday after she admitted using the n-word at an Annapolis cigar bar to describe door-knocking efforts she conducted in Prince George's County, a majority black jurisdiction.

Lisanti has said she will not resign.

Committee chair Denise Perry said Lisanti's hateful comments make it impossible for her to be an effective representative.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.