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Martin O'Malley is the 61st governor of Maryland and previously served as mayor of Baltimore City from 1999 to 2007. O'Malley defeated incumbent Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. in the Nov. 7, 2006, election by a 6.5 percent margin. He was the only candidate to defeat a sitting governor in 2006. O'Malley's involvement in politics began at age 20, when he became a volunteer for Gary Hart's presidential campaign. While in law school, O'Malley further honed his skills as state field director for Barbara A. Mikulski's successful U.S. Senate race and later served as a legislative fellow in her office. O'Malley was elected to a seat on the City Council in 1991 and served until 1999, represent...
Martin O'Malley is the 61st governor of Maryland and previously served as mayor of Baltimore City from 1999 to 2007. O'Malley defeated incumbent Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. in the Nov. 7, 2006, election by a 6.5 percent margin. He was the only candidate to defeat a sitting governor in 2006. O'Malley's involvement in politics began at age 20, when he became a volunteer for Gary Hart's presidential campaign. While in law school, O'Malley further honed his skills as state field director for Barbara A. Mikulski's successful U.S. Senate race and later served as a legislative fellow in her office. O'Malley was elected to a seat on the City Council in 1991 and served until 1999, representing Baltimore's 3rd District. As mayor, O'Malley's statistics-based accountability tool CitiStat won Harvard University's prestigious Innovations in American Government award in 2004. O'Malley is a 1985 graduate of The Catholic University. He earned his J.D. in 1988 from the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore and passed the bar the same year. O'Malley is married to state District Judge Catherine 'Katie' Curran O'Malley, the daughter of J. Joseph Curran Jr., who served as Maryland attorney general from 1987 to 2007. Martin and Katie O'Malley live in the governor's mansion in Annapolis with their children, Grace, Tara, William and Jack. Aside from politics, O'Malley showcases his musical talents and heritage with his on-again, off-again Irish rock band O'Malley's March.
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State braces for Hanna
Marylanders were tying down and tightening up yesterday as they braced for the heavy wind, torrential rain and high water predicted to arrive today with Tropical Storm Hanna, the first such storm to menace the state since Ernesto in 2006.
Forecasters...Tags: House and Home, Natural Resource Industry, Weather Warnings, Local Authority, John R Leopold
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Governor orders review of Md. inspection protocols
Prompted by the discovery of previously undetected corrosion on the Bay Bridge, Gov. Martin O'Malley has ordered the state's transportation chief to assemble a panel of experts to evaluate Maryland's toll bridge and tunnel inspection program. The...Tags: Transportation, Advice, Regional Authority, Building Material, Government
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Sizing up wrongful execution risk
In the last of its four public hearings, the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment explored yesterday the risk of innocent people being executed - calling upon of one its members to tell the story of his own wrongful conviction.
Former Maryland death...Tags: Murder, Regional Authority, Prince George's County, Death Penalty, Biotechnology Industry
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Md. braces for Hanna
Marylanders were tying down and tightening up Friday as they braced for the heavy wind, torrential rain and high water predicted to arrive Saturday with Tropical Storm Hanna, the first such storm to menace the state since Ernesto in 2006.
Forecasters...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Local Authority, Havre de Grace, Bill Hall, Hurricane Preparedness
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O'Malley signs limited emergency declaration
Gov. Martin O'Malley today signed a "limited emergency declaration" in anticipation of Tropical Storm Hanna's impact on the Eastern Shore, which could come as early as Saturday morning. The declaration means National Guard troops will deploy throughout...Tags: Hurricane Hanna, Tropical Storms, Floods
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Medevac copters' usage curtailed, legislators told
Maryland's medevac program this year implemented changes designed to reduce unnecessary use of state police helicopters, a senior official told lawmakers in Annapolis Thursday morning. Patients who are within a 30-minute drive to a trauma center must now...Tags: Medicine, Laws, Accounting and Auditing, Medicaid, Health Treatments
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Alonso's next challenge
Baltimore schools CEO Andres Alonso had a remarkable first year. He ruffled the teachers union, infuriated the administrators union, shifted power from the central office to school principals, revolutionized funding allocations to individual schools,...Tags: Retirement, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Sheila Dixon, Therapies
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Officials briefed on state readiness for new storms
As forecasters tracked a string of powerful storms sweeping toward the East Coast - one of which is expected to bring rain and high winds to Maryland tomorrow - Gov. Martin O'Malley convened top officials of his administration yesterday for a briefing...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Local Authority, Havre de Grace, Bill Hall, Hurricane Preparedness
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As Hanna nears, Md. officials briefed on emergency readiness
As forecasters tracked a string of powerful storms sweeping toward the East Coast -- one of which is expected to bring rain and high winds to Maryland Saturday -- Gov. Martin O'Malley convened top officials of his administration today for a briefing...Tags: Hurricanes, Reisterstown, Hurricane Preparedness, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Hurricane Hanna
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Training begins today on expanded DNA tests
Starting today, prosecutors, law enforcement officers and lab directors will be trained to implement an expanded DNA testing law that begins in January. The law, proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley and passed by the General Assembly after contentious debate,...Tags: Biotechnology Industry
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Dixon to make stops today at city schools
Mayor Sheila Dixon is scheduled to take a tour of several elementary schools today to help mark the beginning of the school year. The mayor was in Denver last week for the Democratic National Convention on the first day of classes for city children....Tags: Elementary Schools, Regional Authority, Sheila Dixon
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Solar energy tax credit extension is urged
Three prominent Maryland Democratic elected officials stood on a grassy hill atop a former landfill in Ellicott City yesterday urging congressional Republicans to stop blocking the extension of federal investment tax credits for solar energy. The...Tags: Credit and Debt, Economic Policy, National Government, Benjamin L. Cardin, Ellicott City
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