Democrat Angela Alsobrooks and Republican Larry Hogan will meet Thursday in the only scheduled debate in a U.S. Senate contest competitive enough to attract attention and heavyweight donors from both national parties.

Angela Alsobrooks leads Larry Hogan — 48 percent to 39 percent — among likely voters in a UMBC Institute of Politics poll.

The gap is widening between the candidates for U.S. Senate in Maryland, according to a new poll from the Institute of Politics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.