{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Maryland Now","title":"A Heartbeat Away: Why No Maryland Lieutenant Governor Has Ever Been Elected Governor","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3474,"description":"Why has no Maryland lieutenant governor ever become governor?\n\nMaryland has had nine lieutenant governors since the office returned in 1971, and not one has ever been elected governor. In this episode, longtime Maryland political journalist Josh Kurtz digs into the history and the odd politics of the job. Before the vote for governor and lieutenant governor next week, he asks why the office has been a dead end here when it is a springboard in many other states.\nJosh talks through the history with the people who lived it:\nFormer Governor Parris Glendening\nFormer Lt. Governor Michael Steele\nJolene Ivey, Doug Gansler’s 2014 running mate\nBlair Lee IV, son of the state’s first modern lieutenant governor\nYork College political scientist Anthony Sparacino\nFormer Delegate Kumar Barve\nThe topics include:\nWhy Maryland candidates must pick a running mate before the primary\nHow other states choose their number two\nAn unsuccessful push to let Md. nominees wait until after the primary\nThe dramatic fate of the 2018 Kamenetz/Ervin ticket\nQuestions or ideas? Email marylandnow@blendedpublicaffairs.com or find us on Facebook.\nThanks to Nate Carper of Carper Cre8tive for technical support.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cWPrI2HtFRFi4-cEgG9AilW5PwDl7N2ksf_B2iAK6ck/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMjlm/MWRkNGZkYjQxNzZh/ZjI0NTRjNmVmNTg2/NjBjMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}