It was “four more years” versus “no more years,” working class roots versus a pledge to fight for working families as the contest for governor switched to high gear Wednesday.

Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich officially announced he will seek re-election from the steps of his boyhood home in Arbutus, and Democratic Mayor Martin O?Malley formally filed the papers to challenge him after a rally across the street from the governor?s mansion.

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