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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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The Governor wants your recipe
Dining@LargeYou have until June 1 to submit an original recipes for Martin O'Malley's Buy Local Cookout, to be held at the Government House in Annapolis on Thursday, July 21. This is the kickoff event for the statewide Buy Local Challenge......Tags: Maryland, Annapolis, Government, Executive Branch
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Four score and seven sandwiches ago
Dining@LargeNo, Owl Meat didn't abandon us today. He's back with an even more Funtastic Thursday than usual.Here's Owlie...'Portrait of the Artist as a Funtastic Tyke. How adorable is Little Owl Meat? Look closely and you will see that I was......Tags: Google Inc., John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, Gloria Estefan, Bill Clinton
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Shore counties get drought disaster okay
Maryland WeatherCrop losses during last year's drought were sufficient in the northern counties of the Eastern Shore to win a drought disaster declaration from the federal government. Farmers in those counties and those immediately adjacent will be eligible to apply for....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Disasters and Accidents, Disasters, Kent County, Farms
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Heat death toll rises to 8
Maryland WeatherThe Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced two more heat-related deaths on Wednesday, as the total number of fatalities for the summer rises to 8. From the health department: "The latest reported hyperthermia-related fatalities are...Tags: Baltimore Weather, Weather, Weather Reports, Adults, Anne Arundel County
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Election digest: Missouri message
The Swamp* Missourians overwhelmingly voted Tuesday in support of an initiative challenging to the mandate provision of the federal health care law. Noam Levey reports on the vote and its potential impact. * In the Michigan gubernatorial primary, former Gateway...Tags: Virg Bernero, Alaska, Jerry Moran, Democratic Party, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Steele remains Friend of Bush
The Swampby David Nitkin Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele entered the race for U.S. Senate two years ago with a major push from President Bush and his allies. National Republican leaders were looking to build their party's brand identity......Tags: White House, George W. Bush, National Government, Pennsylvania, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Last chance Valentines
Dining@LargeLollygagging lovers have until tonight to mark Valentine's Day, thanks to the one week extension Gov. Martin O'Malley granted because Marylanders were all too snowed in, snug at home, fire in the fireplace, for any romance. Well, any romance that......Tags: Foods and Beverages, Music Theater, Soups, Opera (genre), Mount Vernon
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Dishing up Maryland
Dining@LargeA cookbook that highlights Maryland "food, farmers, watermen and chefs" comes out today from Storey Publishing."Dishing Up Maryland" offers "150 recipes from the Alleghenies to the Chesapeake Bay." It is by Lucie Snodgrass, a Harford Countian who has...Tags: Maryland, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Family
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Maryland becomes a liberal paradise
If you're a liberal living in Maryland, there's been plenty of reason to smile lately. The Old Line State continues to beat a steady path toward leading a new vanguard of progressive policy and politics in the United States. Let's start with last...
Tags: Frank Kratovil, White House, U.S. Congress, Voting, DREAM Act
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Is O'Malley annoyed that he's still governor?
Somewhere on his path to Washington Gov. Martin O'Malley tired of the little people. Nowhere was it more evident than last week when he berated Penn National Gaming CEO Peter Carlino for defending his business. He took particular exception to Mr....
Tags: Penn National Gaming, Television Industry, Regional Authority, Democratic Governors Association, Elections
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After Gosnell, Maryland should reconsider late-term abortion
To those who support "choice" at all costs: Read the grand jury report on Kermit Gosnell. He is the Philadelphia abortion doctor awaiting a verdict in his trial, where he is accused of murdering four babies allegedly born alive and killing 41-year-old...Tags: Heart Attack, Murder, Hospitals and Clinics, Abortion, Regional Authority
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Corrections reform never an O'Malley priority
With a straight face, the Maryland governor says the sex-and-drugs scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center, including the alleged corruption of 13 corrections officers, is a "positive achievement." He claims his corrections secretary, Gary Maynard,...
Tags: Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, FBI, Human Interest
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