A Heartbeat Away: Why No Maryland Lieutenant Governor Has Ever Been Elected Governor
Why has no Maryland lieutenant governor ever become governor?
Maryland has had nine lieutenant governors since the office returned in 1971, and not one has ever been elected governor. In this episode, longtime Maryland political journalist Josh Kurtz digs into the history and the odd politics of the job. Before the vote for governor and lieutenant governor next week, he asks why the office has been a dead end here when it is a springboard in many other states.
Josh talks through the history with the people who lived it:
Former Governor Parris Glendening
Former Lt. Governor Michael Steele…
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