Matthew A. Clark, a spokesman for Hogan, said Democrats in Annapolis are ultimately in charge of Lamone, a Democrat, because of legislation passed in 2005 that made it difficult for the governor's appointees to the Board of Elections to remove her from office. He said the mayor should contact Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, House Speaker Michael E. Busch and Baltimore's delegation in the General Assembly if she "wants a change in the law or a change in the leadership at the state board."