
Jacquelyn Martin
FILE - In this April 7, 2010 file photo, Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich, Jr., speaks in Rockville, Md. Four years of tough budget problems, a big tax increase in 2007 and the national anti-incumbency mood have helped lift former Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich into a potentially tight rematch with incumbent Gov. Martin O'Malley in one of the most Democratic states in the nation. Ehrlich still must hold off a primary challenge from a 33-year-old businessman named Brian Murphy, who has never run for office and was nearly unheard of until he received former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's endorsement last month(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)