. >> reporter: professor todd everley from st. mary's college. >> he's young, dynamic, appealing with a regard of accomplishments. i think he has a lot of appeal for the folks that vote. >> reporter: tell me something about the governor that know. >> i don't know that he'd want me to do that. he may not be happy if i do that. the thing i tell people, because he's serious when i see him on tv is that he has a wonderful sense of humour. >> reporter: so does mrs. o'mallee who insists on being called katy. she seems at ease in first lady mode. we spent time with her at a celebration of agriculture and local chefs at the governor's mansion. working a friendly crowd. on stage she is the woman behind governor o'mallee. observers expect that to change. katy o'mallee could find herself froupt and center in the 2016 campaign. until this interview katy has stayed out of the national spotlight because there's a lot more to the first lady than being a politician's wife. he is a district court judge in baltimore, a career that helped fuel her p