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Article: Stopped short of his goal: Ehrlich had hoped to leave legacy of strong GOP presence in Md.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2007
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Byline: Andrew A. Green
Jan. 14--Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Maryland's first Republican to be elected governor since 1966, came to Annapolis four years ago with one overriding goal: to establish Maryland as a two-party state where conservatives and liberals governed in balance.
But just days from leaving office after voters decided they would prefer a legislative and executive branch controlled by Democrats, even Ehrlich acknowledged that the competition of ideas that he wanted -- the legacy he hoped to leave -- will disappear.
"There is a sense of unfinished business around me, around my senior staff, around a lot of my supporters," Ehrlich ...