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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. In 2010, O'Malley and Ehrlich again contested the gubernatorial position, with O'Malley again winning. 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...
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. In 2010, O'Malley and Ehrlich again contested the gubernatorial position, with O'Malley again winning. 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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Emotions run high as Maryland Army National Guard unit deploys
Chief Warrant Officer Joshua Chason held his 3-week-old daughter, Kuiper, as long as he could as she slept peacefully. The next time he picks her up, she will be a year older.
Chason is part of a 60-member Maryland Army National Guard unit that...Tags: Glen Burnie, Christianity, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Iraq, Human Interest
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O'Malley to spar with Gingrich on Meet the Press
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will spend part of his Memorial Day holiday at the NBC studio in Northwest Washington for an appearance on Meet the Press. O'Malley is billed as an "influential" member of the Democratic party, and he's set to debate former...Tags: NBC (tv network), Memorial Day, Politics, Barack Obama, Annapolis
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Pit bull bites child in Pasadena
A pit bull attacked a 9-year-old child Wednesday night in Pasadena as the boy played on his bike, police said. The child was with his mother who was visiting a neighbor in the 200 block of Armstrong Lane around 8:18 p.m. when the dog bit the boy on his...Tags: Pasadena (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Animal Attacks
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Streamline the state legislature
Reading about the recently-concluded special session gave me an idea ("O'Malley faces political risks of tax increases," May 17). Seeing as how this session was called only after Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House...Tags: Democratic Party, Executive Branch, Government, Politics, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for cloudy skies, patchy fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high temperature near 79 degrees. Monday night is expected to be cloudy, with a low temperature around 67 degrees.
TRAFFIC
Check our traffic...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Johns Hopkins University, Justice System, Cancer
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Towson will receive $2 million to launch program designed to produce math, science teachers
Towson University will receive $2 million in state and private grant funds to start a new program designed to increase production of math and science teachers.
The initiative will be based on the 15-year-old UTeach program, which more than doubled the...Tags: University of Texas at Austin, Colleges and Universities, Science, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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State agency looks at larger juvenile facilities
The state's juvenile services secretary says he is considering expanding the size of privately run residential facilities for young offenders as his agency grapples with a shortage of beds.
Sam Abed, who took the job in March, said youths in need of...Tags: Democratic Party, Prisons, Baltimore County, Crime, Law and Justice, Robert A. Zirkin
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State approves last round of school construction projects
State officials approved more than $161 million in school construction funding Wednesday that will allow school systems in the Baltimore area to undertake renovation projects, tackling problems that include sweltering and overcrowded classrooms and...Tags: Environmental Issues, House Building, Energy Saving, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Wednesday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for cloudy skies, patchy fog in the morning and a chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high temperature near 80 degrees. Wednesday night is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a low temperature around 66 degrees....Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Brian Matusz, St. Mary's County, Injury Prevention, Annapolis
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Race clouds debate over downtown crime
The ongoing debate over youth crime in downtown Baltimore has sparked a war of words over race — overshadowing a debate over the police response to disturbances and objections from city politicians who say the issue is vastly overblown.
Since a...Tags: Executive Branch, Media Industry, Entertainment, Radio Industry, Racism
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Long meeting, long words
Today's Board of Public Works meeting was about more than just big government contracts, it also became a lesson in big words. Maryland's Comptroller Peter Franchot kicked off the effort by whipping out "ratiocination," a fancier term for reasoning. The...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, St. Mary's County, Politics
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Law puts social studies back in the limelight
Social studies, a subject that had been demoted in Maryland schools in recent years, will regain some of its past educational stature under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Martin O'Malley.
Under the legislation — one of hundreds of bills O'Malley...Tags: Executive Branch, Education, Teachers, High Schools, Schools
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