Government of Maryland. Current governor of Maryland - Martin O`Malley

To my mind, the main person of each state is it`s governor. Current governor of US state Maryland is Martin O`Malley, and I want ot tell you some information about this person and about the goverment of Maryland in general. 

Maryland is governed under a constitution adopted in 1867. The general assembly consists of 47 senators and 141 delegates, all elected for four-year terms. The governor, also elected for a four-year term, may succeed him- or herself once. The state elects two U.S. senators and eight representatives. It has 10 electoral votes. Democrats traditionally dominate state government; William D. Schaefer was elected governor in 1986 and 1990, Parris Glendening in 1994 and 1998. In 2002, however, a Republican, Robert Ehrlich, Jr., was elected to the office. Ehrlich was defeated (2006) for reelection by Democrat Martin O'Malley.

The Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of Maryland, and he is the commander-in-chief of the state'sNational Guard units. The Governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and he has a broad range of appointive powers in both the State and local governments, as specified by the Maryland Constitution. Because of the extent of these constitutional powers, the Governor of Maryland has been ranked as being among the most powerful Governors in the United States.

The current Governor is Martin O'Malley, a Democrat and a former mayor of Baltimore who defeated the Republican incumbent Robert Ehrlich in the November 2006 election. O'Malley won reelection in November 2010, in a rematch against Ehrlich.

Read more: 

Maryland: Government, Politics, and Higher Education — Infoplease.com 

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0859517.html#ixzz29ZWiDnIG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_O'Malley

http://www.gov.state.md.us/

http://www.facebook.com/MartinOMalley