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Martin O'Malley is the 61st governor of Maryland, having 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, repre...
Martin O'Malley is the 61st governor of Maryland, having 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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Here comes the GOP
If current trends continue, Baltimore-born Nancy Pelosi will soon become the first female former speaker of the House. Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland would be demoted to minority leader, or worse. And Republicans might even seize control of the U.S....Tags: Ronald Reagan, Election Day, Newt Gingrich, U.S. Senate, Dick Cheney
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Ehrlich, GOP point to fundraising numbers as momentum
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. raised more than twice as much money as Gov. Martin O'Malley in the most recent 18-day reporting period, which the GOP pointed to as evidence of fresh momentum for the former governor. Ehrlich raised more than $725,000, compared...Tags: Primaries, Business, Regional Authority, Lawyers, Television Industry
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Early voting starts smoothly
Short lines and easy-to-use machines helped give area residents a quick, painless introduction to early voting on Friday, voters and election officials reported.
On the first-ever day of early voting in Maryland, participants in the primary elections...Tags: Election Day, Primaries, Referenda, U.S. Presidential Election Early Voting (2008), Democratic Party
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Baltimore gets dumped from edgy teen drama
It is surely not as hard a slap in the face to Baltimore's sense of media identity as the makers of John Waters' "Hairspray" filming the movie version in Toronto. But now comes official word from the producers of MTV's "Skins" that this American version...Tags: Toronto (Canada), Murder, MTV Networks, Building Material, Executive Branch
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Candidates test waters of early voting
Maryland primary voters hit the polls Friday for the state's first-ever experience with early voting — a dry run, candidates and election officials say, for the weeklong voting period before the general election in November.
The new system has cast...Tags: Election Day, Primaries, Regional Authority, Referenda, Executive Branch
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A different storm brews
Here's a twist: A lot of Marylanders are angry at a utility — and it isn't Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. This time, public ire is directed at Pepco, which provides power for most residents of Montgomery and Prince George's counties as well as the...Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Companies and Corporations, Emergency Incidents, Public Officials, Volleyball
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Violetville school community celebrates new building
State and local leaders joined the community of Violetville Elementary/Middle School on Thursday to celebrate the opening of the school's brand-new building, which is the first new school facility to be constructed in Baltimore in more than a decade.
The...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Gaming
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State ends year with more money than expected
State government pulled in less revenue during fiscal year 2009 than at almost any time in four decades — but still outperformed its bleak financial forecast, state Comptroller Peter Franchot reported Wednesday. The state's revenue collections,...Tags: Executive Branch, State Budgets, Democratic Party, Local Elections, Elections
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Laura Vozzella: Sheila Dixon is still ready for her close-up
Sheila Dixon has something that doesn't belong to her, but she's trying to keep it anyway. Seems like old times. Nearly seven months after ill-gotten gift cards, furs and cold, hard cash cost the mayor her job, Dixon still has a bunch of city-owned video...Tags: Ulysses Currie, Primaries, Regional Authority, Lawyers, Blackmail and Extortion
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Hurricane watch posted for coastal Md., Del.
Officials around Maryland were making storm preparations Wednesday after the National Hurricane Center posted a hurricane watch and tropical storm warnings for the Maryland and Delaware coasts.
The hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions —...Tags: Weather Warnings, Chesapeake Bay, Mouth, Labor Day, Outer Banks
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Autoridades instan a evacuar la costa de Carolina del Norte por "Earl"
La gobernadora de Carolina del Norte, Beverly Perdue, instó hoy a residentes y turistas a que evacúen las áreas costeras, ante el posible impacto del huracán "Earl", que hoy continuaba en rumbo noroeste por el Atlántico. El presidente de EE.UU.,...Tags: Ocean City, Barack Obama, Hatteras, Bob McDonnell
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Hurricane Earl approaches East Coast
Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving tourists from North Carolina's vacation islands and threatening to bring damaging winds and waves to the Atlantic seaboard through Labor Day weekend. Democratic Govs. Bev Perdue...
Tags: Weather Warnings, Bob McDonnell, Disasters, Labor Day, Meteorological Disasters
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