Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford (R) at the annual State of the State address in Annapolis in 2020. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines.
For more than six years, he has served as Maryland’s nose-to-the-grindstone lieutenant governor, the man perhaps best-positioned to offer himself to voters in 2022 as the logical heir to Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s legacy.
But Boyd K. Rutherford (R) has opted instead to “ride into the sunset” when he and the governor leave office 20 months from now.
In an interview with Maryland Matters on Tuesday, Rutherford said he lacked the burning desire necessary for the rigors of a campaign.
“I didn’t want it bad enough to put my family through that,” he said.
