Personal Life
On January 25, 2002, Glendening divorced his wife and married one of his deputy chiefs of staff, Jennifer Crawford, making her Glendening's third wife. Crawford was 35 at the time, considerably younger than the then-59-year-old Glendening. In March 2002, the couple announced that they were expecting. Jennifer gave birth to a baby girl, Gabrielle, on August 18, 2002 marking the first time since 1879 that a Maryland governor had a baby born during his term of office.
Glendening had a brother, Bruce, who died of AIDS in 1992.
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