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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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It's not business, Barack, just personal
There's Audacity of Hope," John Coale was saying, "and then there's just audacity." Coale - the big-time Democratic fundraiser and Clintonite who lent $500,000 to Martin O'Malley's campaign in the last days of the governor's race - made that crack...Tags: Executive Branch, Academic Progress, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Republican National Conventions
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Maryland Republicans hold on to modest hopes
Head home, hunker down and hope for the best. That was the recipe for Maryland Republicans as they departed their party's national convention to prepare for an election they hope puts John McCain in the White House. There's not much of a chance of...Tags: The White House, Campaign Finance, Public Officials, Executive Branch, Local Elections
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Driven away?
Traveling the congested highways in the Baltimore-Washington region may take a psychological toll now. In the not-so-far-off future, the cost may be in dollars and cents.
Four major road projects in the region will open in the next five to 10 years...Tags: Prince George's County, Executive Branch, Gardens and Parks, White Marsh, Tourism and Leisure
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Dubious science
Forensic evidence - DNA on a victim, gunshot residue on a hand, fingerprints on a weapon - holds a special place in courtrooms, often treated as irrefutable proof that police have nabbed the bad guy. But the labs processing that prized evidence can...Tags: Assault, Firearms, Executive Branch, Delores G Kelley, Defense
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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: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Transportation Industry, Advice, Building Material, Chesapeake Bay
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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: Prince George's County, Jimmy Carter, Death Penalty, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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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: Weather Warnings, Labor Legislation, Local Authority, Disasters, Rivers
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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: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Sheila Dixon, Disasters, Local Authority, Havre de Grace
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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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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: Tropical Storms, Floods, Hurricane Hanna
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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: Dan K Morhaim, Medical Services, Laws, Medicine, 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: Teaching and Learning, Sheila Dixon, Retirement, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Treatments
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