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Governor and Lieutenant Governor

What this job does

Runs the state government. The governor proposes the state budget each year, signs or vetoes bills, and appoints the heads of state agencies and the judges of the top courts (with the state Senate's approval). The governor and lieutenant governor are elected together as one ticket. A term is four years. source: 2025mdmanual.msa.maryland.gov

Gov. Wes Moore (Democrat) and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller are running for a second term. Governor and lieutenant governor run together as one ticket.

Governor and Lieutenant Governor run together on one ticket. Running mates: Wes Moore with Aruna Miller; Dan Cox with Rob Krop; Andy Ellis with Owen Silverman Andrews; Cathy White with Cathy Permut.

Wes Moore DemocraticGovernor
Dan Cox RepublicanLawyer
Andy Ellis Green
Cathy White Working Class PartyFactory worker (photofinishing), as of 2022

Candidates in the order the Maryland State Board of Elections lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order.