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Ballotpedia covers 12 state executive offices in the state of Maryland. The executive branch is governed by Article II of the Maryland Constitution.

State executive organization

The executive branch of Maryland's state government includes appointed and elected officials. The following chart details the relationship among different offices in Maryland's executive branch:

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Current officeholders

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Attorney General of Maryland	Anthony G. Brown	Democratic	January 3, 2023
Governor of Maryland	Wes Moore	Democratic	January 18, 2023
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland	Aruna Miller	Democratic	January 18, 2023
Maryland Commissioner of Insurance	Marie Grant	Nonpartisan	April 2, 2025
Maryland Comptroller	Brooke Elizabeth Lierman	Democratic	January 16, 2023
Maryland Public Service Commission	Kumar Barve	Nonpartisan	May 31, 2023
Maryland Public Service Commission	Fred Hoover	Nonpartisan	July 1, 2023
Maryland Public Service Commission	Odogwu Obi Linton	Nonpartisan	April 10, 2025
Maryland Public Service Commission	Michael T. Richard	Nonpartisan	2016
Maryland Public Service Commission	Bonnie Suchman	Nonpartisan	June 28, 2023
Maryland Secretary of Agriculture	Kevin Atticks	Nonpartisan	January 18, 2023
Maryland Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation	Portia Wu	Nonpartisan	March 2, 2023
Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources	Josh Kurtz	Nonpartisan	February 14, 2023
Maryland Secretary of State	Susan Lee	Democratic	February 14, 2023
Maryland Superintendent of Schools	Carey M. Wright	Nonpartisan	July 1, 2024
Maryland Treasurer	Dereck Davis	Nonpartisan	December 17, 2021

Elections

2025

There are no state executive elections in Maryland in 2025.

2024

There were no state executive elections in Maryland in 2024.

2023

There were no state executive elections in Maryland in 2023.

2022

See also: Maryland state executive official elections, 2022

The following state executive offices were up for election in Maryland in 2022:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Comptroller

2021

There were no state executive elections in Maryland in 2021.

2020

There were no state executive offices up for election in Maryland in 2020.

2019

There were no state executive offices up for election in Maryland in 2019.

2018

See also: Maryland state executive official elections, 2018

The following state executive offices were up for election in Maryland in 2018:

Governor
Lieutenant governor
Attorney general
Comptroller

2017

There were no state executive offices up for election in Maryland in 2017.

2016

There were no state executive offices up for election in Maryland in 2016.

2015

There were no state executive elections in Maryland in 2015.

2014

See also: Maryland state executive official elections, 2014

The following state executive offices were up for election in Maryland in 2014:

• Governor of Maryland
• Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
• Maryland Attorney General
• Maryland Controller

2013

There were no state executive elections in Maryland in 2013.

2012

There were no state executive elections in Maryland in 2012.

Footnotes

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Offices

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Elections

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Features

Chart of state executive officers • Compensation • How gubernatorial vacancies are filled • How vacancies are filled in state executive offices • State executive officials serving in home states • State government trifectas • State of the state addresses • Term limits

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