Facts: - website: -lsb- -rsb- http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/attorney/html/msa14107.html government website -rsb- -lsb- http://www.ganslerformaryland.com/page/biography campaign website - successor: brian frosh - party: democrat - spouse: laura leedy - predecessor: joseph curran - office: 45th attorney general of maryland - term end: january 6 , 2015 - children: samuel william - term start: january 2 , 2007 - birth date: 30 october 1962 - name: doug gansler - image: ag gansler at his desk.jpg - birth place: summit , new jersey , u.s. - religion: judaism - governor: martin o'malley - alma mater: yale university university of virginia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of doug gansler .
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douglas f. '' doug '' gansler -lrb- born october 30 , 1962 -rrb- is an american attorney politician who served as the 45th attorney general of maryland .gansler previously served as the state 's attorney for montgomery county , maryland from 1999 to 2007 .he then won nomination in the state democratic primary election for attorney general and defeated republican candidate scott rolle in the 2006 general election , taking 61 % of the vote .he was re-elected unopposed in the 2010 election .gansler lost the democratic primary race for governor of maryland on june 24 , 2014 to anthony brown .