Antonio Hayes, a first-term state delegate from West Baltimore, says he’ll challenge Sen. Barbara A. Robinson for the seat formerly held by Mayor Catherine E. Pugh. Hayes said he will return Saturday to his old neighborhood in Penn North to lay out his plan to take on Robinson in next year’s June 26 Democratic primary, which is tantamount to election in...

We have all been there before- listening to a politician make big promises that never seem to come true. Antonio is no stranger to that feeling. He grew up right here in West Baltimore, listening to those same promises that change was just around the corner. From the moment he began his career in public service, Antonio devoted himself to being a different kind of leader- one whose record of results speaks for itself.

Antonio believes that Baltimore is a great City filled with great people. When we struggle as a City, it is not because we lack for hardworking men and women who wake up every day and do-right by their community. When we struggle as a City, it is because our hardworking men and women are not always joined by hardworking elected officials who deliver results.

Del. Antonio Hayes (D), part of a generation of rising Baltimore city leaders, plans to announce Saturday that he is running for the state Senate seat now held by Sen. Barbara Robinson (D). Hayes will make his announcement on the 2500 block of Francis St. in the troubled Penn-North neighborhood – half a block from where he grew up.