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Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is a former Republican governor of Maryland and four-term congressman from Baltimore County. He defeated Democratic gubernatorial opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the Kennedy family, 51 percent to 48 percent in the 2002 elections. Ehrlich represented Maryland's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing parts of Baltimore County from 1989 to 1995. Ehrlich lost the governorship to Democrat Martin O'Malley in the November 2006 elections. Born in Arbutus, Md., he attended the private Gilman School in Baltimore's Roland Park neighborhood and earned degrees from Princeton...
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is a former Republican governor of Maryland and four-term congressman from Baltimore County. He defeated Democratic gubernatorial opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the Kennedy family, 51 percent to 48 percent in the 2002 elections. Ehrlich represented Maryland's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing parts of Baltimore County from 1989 to 1995. Ehrlich lost the governorship to Democrat Martin O'Malley in the November 2006 elections. Born in Arbutus, Md., he attended the private Gilman School in Baltimore's Roland Park neighborhood and earned degrees from Princeton University in 1979 and Wake Forest University Law School in 1982. Ehrlich married Kendel Sibiski in 1993. They have two sons. Ehrlich and his wife currently host their own radio show on WBAL-AM Radio every Saturday. A month after he left public office, Ehrlich and several aides from his administration opened a Baltimore-area office of North Carolina law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice.
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State police spied on peace group in Frederick
An undercover Maryland State Police trooper attended a September 2005 meeting of a Frederick peace activist group, newly released documents show - further evidence that police surveillance of civilians under former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s...Tags: Demonstration, Civil Rights, Government, American Civil Liberties Union, Witnesses
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He's cold, he's hungry, he's determined
Funding has dried up for the drug recovery program I Can't We Can. The group's offices are going unheated. And you know things are really dire when Anthony McCarthy starts denying himself food. The WEAA radio host and I Can't We Can staffer launched a...Tags: Health Treatments, Therapies, Sheila Dixon, Environmental Cleanup, Martin O'Malley
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It was tough sledding this year for the mudslingers
Voters in Maryland's 1st Congressional District were urged to vote against Democrat Frank M. Kratovil Jr. because he agreed to a plea bargain involving a child molester. The assumption: Voters would see the two-term Queen Anne's County prosecutor as...Tags: Private Health Care, Government, Primaries, George Bush, Health Insurance
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Bats versus bicyclists
Clouds drift in front of a nearly full moon as a bat flutters to the mouth of an abandoned railroad tunnel in Western Maryland. There, caught in a web of fishing line, it drops into a biologist's trap.
A quick and gentle exam by flashlight identifies...Tags: Government, Population, Weather Reports, National Government, Gardens and Parks
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O'Malley renews call for death penalty ban
The Associated PressGov. Martin O'Malley said today that he hopes a state panel's recommendation to repeal capital punishment will cause lawmakers to take "a fresh look" at the issue and approve banning the death penalty in Maryland. However, the Democratic governor says...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Upper House, Laws
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Political cartography has strange consequences
After a lengthy labor, we can slap that 1st Congressional District baby on the bottom and declare: It's a Democrat. The close and contentious race finally produced a winner Tuesday when Andy Harris conceded and Frank Kratovil declared victory, shifting...Tags: Constance A Morella, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Government, Regional Authority, Lower House
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Timeline: The death penalty in Maryland
Baltimore Sun reporter1972: The U.S. Supreme Court invalidates death penalty statutes across the country 1976: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the death penalty is legal. 1978: The General Assembly reinstates death penalty laws in Maryland. 1987: The General Assembly adds...Tags: White Marsh, Murder, Regional Authority, Government, Punishment
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Repeal of death penalty urged
A state commission reviewing capital punishment recommended last night an end to executions in Maryland, prompting hope among death penalty opponents that the General Assembly could soon abolish the 30-year practice. The Maryland Commission on Capital...Tags: Murder, White Marsh, Government, Witnesses, Jimmy Carter
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Narrow victory
Democrat Frank M. Kratovil Jr. celebrated victory in the 1st Congressional District a week after Election Day yesterday, closing a rancorous campaign that has colored Maryland a deeper shade of blue.
The end came when Republican Baltimore County state...Tags: Election Day, Government, Lower House, Aquaculture, Frontline Limited
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Budget blackmail gambles our future
Gov. Martin O'Malley suggests that we must pass the slots referendum or there will be cuts in education and public transportation. Or we must pass slots or raise taxes to cover the budget gap ("Slots advocates build cash lead," Oct. 25). I think that's...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Martin O'Malley
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Court says 2 Ehrlich aides must answer firing queries
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that two former state employees will have to answer questions posed by a special legislative committee that investigated whether former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. targeted longtime state employees for...Tags: Adrienne A Jones, Government, Employees, Civil and Public Service, Court Administration
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Maybe it's tacky, but kind of glorious
Michael Phelps, you've won another medal. Created by acclaimed Austrian artist Franz West, it's in a vault at the Baltimore Museum of Art. That's the good news. The bad: It's a turquoise Plasticine disc the size of a salad plate, with lumpy, pink,...Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, Thanksgiving, Awards and Prizes, Fells Point, Barack Obama
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