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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 still committed to Smart Growth
In response to the story "Smart Growth incentives fail to rein in suburban sprawl" (Nov. 3) there's no denying that sprawl continues to be a problem and that we need to work together to solve it. But the limitations of the Priority Funding Areas charted...Tags: Executive Branch, Government
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A view of police work's future
London's police stations could offer a view of the future of American policing - if the political will is there to make it happen. Touring a station in Brixton, I was shown a tiny room with a machine the size of a refrigerator that takes fingerprints...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Drugs and Medicines, DNA, Newspaper and Magazine, Murder
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Second Ehrlich term would set Md. back
I echo Vincent DeMarco's caution about what a second-term for former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. would mean to the progress Maryland has made under Gov. Martin O'Malley (Readers respond, Nov. 9). Under Mr. O'Malley's leadership, Maryland has gone from 44th...Tags: Medical Services, Executive Branch, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Regional Authority, Government
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Impressions of court: Dixon's 4-inch heels, sense of inevitability
After watching Mayor Sheila Dixon stand for four hours straight at the judge's bench, next to the mostly male lawyers prosecuting her and those defending her, I thought of that famous line about Ginger Rogers. The one about how she did everything her...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Criminals, Judges, Fred Astaire, Lawyers
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Tough choice awaits Ehrlich as time slips away
On Saturday afternoon, I attended the 12th annual Annapolis Tug-of-War. Every autumn, locals string a high-tension rope from the downtown Annapolis dock over to Eastport. Residents from each side then battle for dominance as onlookers keep warm with...Tags: U.S. Senate, State Budgets, Executive Branch, Paul Sarbanes, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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U.S. to tighten rules for bay cleanup
Baltimore Sun reporterThe Obama administration is to unveil today its plan for taking control of the lagging Chesapeake Bay cleanup, amid growing grumbling from developers, farmers and even state officials that Washington is overreaching in what has until recently been a...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Livestock Farming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Litigation and Regulation, Barack Obama
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O'Malley order lets first responders give flu vaccine
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed an executive order Friday allowing state and local officials to tap emergency and other medical personnel, such as paramedics and cardiac rescue technicians, if there is a need for more administrators of the swine...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Employees
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Reading between the lines of the Dixon indictment
Dec. 21, 2006, was a long and busy day for then-City Council President Sheila Dixon. According to an article in The Baltimore Sun, she arrived at a meeting of the Baltimore Development Corp. just as it was about to end. Its members had voted to recommend...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Sony Corp., Family, Michigan Avenue, Lawyers
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A change Md. needs
After ducking the nation's health care crisis for many years, Congress finally stands on the verge of passing comprehensive health reform. Each of several bills on the table would build on our existing public-private system to bring us much closer to...Tags: Kent County, Health Insurance, Family, Medical Services, Medicare
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Losing Black & Decker a bad sign for Md. business
It wasn't on the agenda, but the loss of Black & Decker's headquarters was drinks-and-hors d'oeuvres chatter at the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's policy conference in Cambridge on Thursday. Don't call it happy hour. The Fortune 500 company is shifting...Tags: Business Enterprises, Connecticut Economic Development, State Budgets, Executive Branch, Heads of State
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Baltimore mayor faces trial for stealing gift cards; case could end her political career
Associated Press WriterBALTIMORE (AP) — The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power. For Dixon,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Sheila Dixon, Executive Branch, Johns Hopkins University, Trials
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Maryland Gov. O'Malley says he'll create commission on small business
CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — Gov. Martin O'Malley says he plans to create Maryland's first commission on small business. It's one of a variety of plans to help small businesses the governor is outlining on Thursday night at a gathering of the Maryland...Tags: Finance, Small Businesses, Executive Branch, Cambridge, Regional Authority
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