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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="5-905" title_number="5" title_name="Candidates" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Vacancies in Candidacy Occurring Before a Primary Election">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If only a single Governor and Lieutenant Governor unit files for the nomination of a political party, and the candidate for Governor dies, withdraws the candidacy, or is disqualified for any reason after the filing deadline specified under § 5–303 of this title, the remaining candidate for Lieutenant Governor is disqualified.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In the event of a vacancy in nomination under subsection (a) of this section, the State central committee of the political party to which the candidates belong shall select a successor candidate for Governor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State central committee shall make its selection by the 10th day following the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of the gubernatorial candidate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The candidate disqualified for the office of Lieutenant Governor under subsection (a) of this section is eligible to be chosen as the successor candidate for Governor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The successor candidate for Governor selected by the State central committee under subsection (b) of this section promptly shall select a successor candidate for Lieutenant Governor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the former candidate for Lieutenant Governor is not selected as the successor candidate for Governor, that individual is eligible to be selected again as the candidate for Lieutenant Governor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>By the deadline date specified under subsection (b)(2) of this section for the selection of the successor candidate for Governor by the appropriate State central committee, in accordance with Subtitle 3 of this title:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State central committee making the selection shall file a certificate of designation for those offices with the State Board for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>its successor candidate for Governor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the successor candidate for Lieutenant Governor designated under subsection (c)(1) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the successor candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor each shall file a certificate of candidacy for those offices with the State Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
