Maryland House of Delegates

In January 2018, Rogers announced his candidacy for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 32.^[6] The district was targeted by the Maryland Republican Party and the Republican State Leadership Committee, who had hoped to defeat the Maryland Democratic Party's supermajority in the legislature.^[7] He won the Democratic primary, placing third in a field of seven candidates and receiving 18.4 percent of the vote,^[8] and defeated his Republican challengers in the general election with 19.9 percent of the vote.^[9][10]

Rogers was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 9, 2019, and has served in the Economic Matters Committee during his entire tenure.^[1] In December 2020, Rogers became the first Black person to serve as vice chair of the Anne Arundel County Delegation,^[11] and became the first Black man elected as the delegation's chair in November 2021.^[5]

In 2020, Rogers unsuccessfully ran as an uncommitted delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, receiving 0.8 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary election.^[12][13]

2024 congressional campaign

On November 20, 2023, Rogers announced that he would run for Congress in Maryland's 3rd congressional district, seeking to succeed retiring U.S. Representative John Sarbanes.^[2] On the campaign trail, Rogers has heavily leaned into his military experience, believing that appealing to the districts' high number of veterans would provide him with a path to victory.^[4]

Policing

In June 2020, Rogers participated in a protest against police brutality in Severn, Maryland, where he encouraged protesters to vote in that year's general elections.^[14]

Social issues

In March 2019, Rogers voted against legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe palliative care to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives.^[15]

Veterans

Rogers introduced legislation in the 2020 legislative session that clarified the eligibility for veterans seeking to reside at homes supervised by the Department of Veterans Affairs.^[16] The bill passed and became law on May 8, 2020.^[17]