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1978 Maryland Gubernatorial Election
The 1978 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978. Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee Harry Hughes defeated Republican Party (United States), Republican nominee John Glenn Beall Jr. with 70.62% of the vote. Primary elections Primary elections were held on September 12, 1978. Democratic primary Candidates *Harry Hughes, former Maryland Senate, State Senator *Blair Lee III, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, Lieutenant Governor *Ted Venetoulis, Baltimore County Executive, County Executive of Baltimore County *Walter S. Orlinsky, President of the Baltimore City Council Results Republican primary Candidates *John Glenn Beall Jr., former United States Senate, United States Senator *Carlton Beall, former Postmaster General of Washington, D.C. *Louise Gore, former Maryland Senate, State Senator *Ross Zimmerman Pierpont, perennial candidate Results General election Candidates *Harry Hughes, Democratic *John Glenn Beall J ...
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Maryland Governor Harry Hughes Speaking At Fort Belvoir, Feb 16, 1985
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. Baltimore is the largest city in the state, and the capital is Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are ''Maryland 400, Old Line State'', the ''Free State'', and the ''Chesapeake Bay State''. It is named after Henrietta Maria, the French-born queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, who was known then in England as Mary. Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Maryland was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans – mostly by Algonquian peoples and, to a lesser degree, Iroquoian peoples, Iroquoian and Siouan languages, Siouan. As one of the original Thirteen Colonies of England, Maryland was founded by George Calvert, 1st Baron Ba ...
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Lieutenant Governor Of Maryland
The lieutenant governor of Maryland is the second highest-ranking official in the executive branch of the Government of Maryland, state government of Maryland in the United States. The officeholder is elected on the same ticket as the governor of Maryland and must meet the same qualifications. The current lieutenant governor is Boyd Rutherford. History The position was first created by the Maryland Constitution of 1864. Under that system of government, the lieutenant governor served as president of the Senate and would assume the office of governor if the incumbent should die, resign, be removed, or be disqualified. The state's Maryland Constitution of 1867, present constitution, adopted in 1867, abolished the lieutenant governorship. However, the position was re-established by a constitutional amendment ratified on November 3, 1970. Duties and responsibilities Under the 1970 amendment, the lieutenant governor "shall have only the duties delegated to him by the governor." Maryl ...
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Maryland Gubernatorial Elections
Maryland gubernatorial elections have been held since statehood in 1867 to directly elect the Governor of Maryland and the officers that work with the winner candidate. After the initial election was held in November 5 1867, when Oden Bowie became the first Governor of Maryland, each subsequent election was held every four years in November. The candidates for the elections are previously selected in July of the same year in the Primary elections in Maryland, but the difference with the primaries is that in the General election voters can select candidates from any party since all parties are present in the voters ballot. Process During Maryland gubernatorial elections are elected the State Offices, Federal Offices and County Offices, in each one of them are elected their primary staff. State Offices * Governor * Lt. Governor * Comptroller * Attorney General * State Senator * House of Delegates * Judge of the Circuit Court * Judges of the Court of Special Appeals - For reten ...
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Perennial Candidate
A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for elected office and rarely, if ever, wins. Perennial candidates' existence lies in the fact that in some countries, there are no laws that limit a number of times a person can run for office, or laws that impose a non-negligible financial penalty on registering to run for election. Definition A number of modern articles related to electoral politics or elections have identified those who have run for elected office and lost two to three times, and then decide to mount a campaign again as perennial candidates. However, some articles have listed a number of notable exceptions. Some who have had their campaign applications rejected by their country's electoral authority multiple times have also been labelled as perennial candidates. Reason for running It has been noted that some perennial candidates take part in an election with the aim of winning, and some do have ideas to convey on the campaign trail, regard ...
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Louise Gore
Beatrice Louise Gore (March 6, 1925 – October 6, 2005) was an American Republican politician from Maryland. Born in Leesburg, Virginia, Gore was a prominent Maryland political heavy weight and daughter of lawyer and real estate investor H. Grady Gore. She served as a member of the Maryland's General Assembly from 1963 to 1969 serving as a State Senator from Potomac in Montgomery County (see the Maryland Manuals for 1963 through 1969). She was a Republican National Committee member from 1972 to 1984 and worked for Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidential campaign in 1952. In 1974, Gore launched an unsuccessful bid for governor of Maryland against then incumbent Marvin Mandel, who was the successor to Spiro T. Agnew. She was opposed by Congressman Lawrence J. Hogan Sr. (R) who represented the congressional district encompassing Prince George County and who had served on the House Judiciary Committee being one of the Republicans who helped draw up and vote for the "Articles of I ...
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Washington, D
Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States Washington may also refer to: Places England * Washington, Tyne and Wear, a town in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough ** Washington Old Hall, ancestral home of the family of George Washington * Washington, West Sussex, a village and civil parish Greenland * Cape Washington, Greenland * Washington Land Philippines *New Washington, Aklan, a municipality *Washington, a barangay in Catarman, Northern Samar *Washington, a barangay in Escalante, Negros Occidental *Washington, a barangay in San Jacinto, Masbate *Washington, a barangay in Surigao City United States * Washington, Wisconsin (other) * Fort Washington (other) ...
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a single state in its entirety. Each of the 50 states is equally represented by two senators who serve staggered terms of six years, for a total of 100 senators. The vice president of the United States serves as presiding officer and president of the Senate by virtue of that office, despite not being a senator, and has a vote only if the Senate is equally divided. In the vice president's absence, the president pro tempore, who is traditionally the senior member of the party holding a majority of seats, presides over the Senate. As the upper chamber of Congress, the Senate has several powers o ...
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Baltimore City Council
The Baltimore City Council is the legislative branch that governs the City of Baltimore and its more than 600,000 citizens. It has 14 members elected by district and a president elected at-large; all serve four-year terms. The Council holds regular meetings on alternate Monday evenings on the fourth floor of the Baltimore City Hall. The council has seven standing committees, all of which must have at least three members. As of 2022, the President receives an annual salary of $131,798, the Vice President gets $84,729 and the rest of councillors receive $76,660. The current city council president, Nick Mosby, was sworn on December 10, 2020. History During its early history the council was composed exclusively of white, non-Jewish males. In 1826, the Maryland General Assembly passed the " Jew Bill", which allowed Jews to hold public office in the state. Two leaders in the fight for the law were Jacob I. Cohen Jr. (1789–1869) and Solomon Etting (1764–1847), who subsequently ...
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Baltimore County Executive
The Baltimore County Executive is the highest elected official representing the Government of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The office was established with the implementation of the County Charter for Baltimore County on November 6, 1956. The County Executive is elected to post every four years, coinciding with the elections for the County Council and Governor of Maryland. The current Baltimore County Executive is Johnny A. Olzewski Jr. Two famous Baltimore County Executives have later achieved prominence after leaving office: Spiro T. Agnew, who went on to become Governor of Maryland and Vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon, resigned in 1973 due to scandal while serving in this office; and Dutch Ruppersberger, who currently represents the 2nd congressional district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simpl ...
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Ted Venetoulis
Theodore G. Venetoulis (June 14, 1934 – October 6, 2021) was an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the sixth Baltimore County Executive from 1974 to 1978. He ran for Governor of Maryland in 1978 but lost the Democratic primary election to Harry R. Hughes. Career Venetoulis had a number of jobs in his lifetime. While going through graduate school, he served as the Administrative Assistant to Congressman Jim Wright and Congressman Carlton Sickles. He did Advance work for President John Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson. He managed William Donald Schaefer’s first campaign for Mayor; he was the Maryland coordinator for the presidential campaign of Robert Kennedy and the Maryland chairman for Senator and Secretary of State, Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter, a U ...
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Blair Lee III
Francis Preston Blair Lee III (May 19, 1916 – October 25, 1985) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Secretary of State of Maryland from 1969 to 1971. He was Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1971 to 1979 and served as the Acting Governor of Maryland from 1977 to 1979, during Marvin Mandel's self-imposed suspension of gubernatorial powers and duties. Early life, family and career Lee was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the son of Elizabeth S. (Wilson) and Colonel Edward Brooke Lee, the former Comptroller of the state of Maryland (chief financial officer). He was a member of the Lee family, a major historical political family in American history. He was grandson of the first popularly elected Maryland U.S. Senator, Blair Lee I; direct descendant of signer of the Declaration of Independence, Richard Henry Lee and also Francis Preston Blair, an adviser and friend of Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Abraham Lincoln. Lee majored in American histo ...
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Harry Hughes
Harry Roe Hughes (November 13, 1926 – March 13, 2019) was an American politician from the Democratic Party who served as the 57th Governor of Maryland from 1979 to 1987. Early life and family Hughes was born in Easton, Maryland, the son of Helen (Roe) and Jonathan Longfellow Hughes. Hughes attended Caroline County, Maryland, public schools before attending the Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. After school, Hughes served in the U.S. Naval Air Corps during the Second World War. After the War, Hughes continued his education by attending Mount Saint Mary's University and the University of Maryland, from which he graduated in 1949. At Maryland he was a member of the Alpha Psi chapter of the Theta Chi social fraternity. He received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in 1952 and was admitted to the Maryland Bar the same year. Hughes married his wife, Patricia Donoho Hughes, on June 30, 1951. They have two daughters, Ann and Eliz ...
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