Benton Potter & Murdock, P.C., is proud to report that Boyd Rutherford, of Counsel with the firm, is running for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor for the State of Maryland. Larry Hogan, Jr., announced Boyd as his running mate when he announced his own candidacy for Maryland Governor. Boyd and Hogan previously worked together as cabinet Secretaries in the Administration of Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, where Boyd served as the Secretary of the Department of General Services.
Prior to serving in the Ehrlich Administration, Boyd served as the Associate Administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration, where he directed both the Office of Small Business Utilization and the Office of Performance Improvement. After his Maryland service, Boyd returned to the Federal government as the Assistant Secretary for Administration in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In that role, he served as the Department’s Chief Acquisition Officer, Chief Human Capital Office, the Senior Energy and Environmental Official, as well as the Department’s Freedom of Information Act Officer.
Boyd’s inclusion on the Gubernatorial ticket has been termed “a solid pick” (Professor Todd Eberly, St. Mary’s College ) and as “enhancing the ticket” (Maryland Reporter).
For more information, please contact John Murdock at jm@bpmlawyers.com