 As of 2015 , Maryland has yet to have been served by a female Governor . However , women were the runners @-@ up in four gubernatorial elections ( in 1974 , 1994 , 1998 , and 2002 ) . In addition , one woman has served as the Lieutenant Governor , Kathleen Kennedy Townsend , under Gov. Parris Glendening from 1995 to 2003 . Another woman , Kristen Cox , who was the Secretary of Disabilities , unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor as the running mate of the incumbent Governor Robert Ehrlich , when the Lieutenant Governor at that time , Michael Steele , left office to run for the U.S. Senate . Cox was a unique person to run for that office , not only because she is a woman , but also because she is legally blind . 
