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General election day is the first Tuesday of the month, on this day are elected Maryland offices, Federal offices, county offices. [5] On general elections, electors can vote for or against constitutional statewide amendments or county wide projects.
The governor of Maryland is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maryland and is the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [1] The governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and the constitutional powers of Maryland's governors make them among the most powerful governors in the United States.
The 1777 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on 13 February 1777 in order to elect the First Governor of Maryland. Candidate Thomas Johnson was elected by the Maryland General Assembly against Samuel Chase and other candidates.
In the general election, Glendening narrowly defeated Sauerbrey by a margin of 50.2 percent to 49.8 percent, or by 5,993 votes, the closest gubernatorial election in Maryland since 1919 [2] and the first gubernatorial election in Maryland history to be decided by an absentee runoff. [3]
One of the historic firsts announced on election night was Democratic candidate Wes Moore's victory in securing the governor's seat in Maryland. Moore, a former Rhodes scholar, Army captain and ...
Democrat Wes Moore has been elected Maryland’s first Black governor. Moore, a best-selling author in his first run for public The post In Maryland, Moore elected as state’s first Black ...
The 1970 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democrat Marvin Mandel defeated Republican nominee Charles Stanley Blair with 65.73% of the vote. This election was the first of eight consecutive Democratic gubernatorial victories in Maryland, a streak not broken until the election of Republican Bob Ehrlich in 2002 .
The 2002 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002. Democratic Governor Parris Glendening was term-limited and could not seek a third term. Republican Bob Ehrlich defeated Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, making him the first Republican governor of Maryland since Spiro Agnew, who served from 1967 to 1969.