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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

American attorney and politician

Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend is an American attorney who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. She was the first woman to serve in that role. A member of the Democratic Party, she ran unsuccessfully for governor of Maryland in 2002.
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Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

Second highest-ranking official in Maryland

The lieutenant governor of Maryland is the second highest-ranking official in the executive branch of the state government of Maryland in the United States. The officeholder is elected on the same ticket as the governor of Maryland and must meet the same qualifications.
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