Maryland Governors Race

Rushern Baker

Age: 59

Job: County Executive of Prince George's County

Family: He has a wife named Christa and three kids

Running mate: Elizabeth Embry who was the Deputy State's Attorney and served as the Chief of the Criminal Division at the Maryland Attorney General's office. 

Bio: Rushern Baker was born in Georgia and grew up in Massachusetts. He was raised in a military family and was the first in his family to graduate college. After getting his bachelors and Juris Doctor from Howard University, he worked as a community organizer in DC and led multiple non-profits. From 1994 to 2003 he represented legislative district 22B in the Maryland House of Delegates and then in 2010, he became the County Executive for Prince George's County.