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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says he and wife Hana Pugh are expecting another baby

Michelle Deal-Zimmerman and Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun on

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BALTIMORE — When Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott married Hana Pugh last month, it was a smooth surprise. Some four weeks later, there’s a bump ahead. A baby bump, that is.

Scott and Pugh said late Friday that they are expecting their second child together.

The newlyweds took to social media for the announcement, posting on Instagram: “We enjoyed our vacation as a family of 4 before we become a family of 5!”

The post was accompanied by pictures showing the family vacationing with a visibly pregnant Pugh. One photo showed the family on a beach with a message written in the sand that read “Baby Scott 2025.” No specific due date was given.

The couple, already parents to Ceron, 9, and baby Charm, born last December, married Aug. 11 in a garden ceremony that guests found out would be a wedding only at the last minute.

Scott and Pugh began dating in fall 2022, according to the mayor, after meeting at the Charm City Live festival. They went public with their relationship in July 2023 when they announced they were expecting their first baby.

The mayor, a Democrat, was first elected in 2020. He is seeking reelection in November, after winning the Democratic primary earlier this year. In a heavily Democratic city, Scott is expected to win a second term.

 

In his first race for mayor in 2020, he was seen as a young candidate at 36 years old. Perceptions changed this time, with an ally in the state Senate calling him “battle-tested.”

Scott said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun earlier this year that fatherhood “level-set” him, saying he wants to “invest” in his sons, baby Charm and Ceron, his stepson.

“I want to invest in them and every one of their counterparts,” Scott said, “and build a city in a way that they can have a much better life than I did growing up.”

Scott was first elected to Baltimore City Council in 2011. He grew up in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore.

The mayor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday morning.


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