Martin O'Malley Biography

Fast Facts

• His program CitiStat, which tracked how well the City of Baltimore was serving its citizens during his time as mayor, earned him an Innovations in American Government Award from Harvard University
• Earned his law degree from the University of Maryland in 1988
• Got his start in politics at the State Field Director for Barbara Mikulski's Senate campaign
• Best known as a former Mayor of Baltimore and Governor of Maryland who ran for President of the United States during the 2016 election
• Was an assistant state attorney for the City of Baltimore and served on the Baltimore City Council during the 1990s before being elected mayor in 1999
• Is a member of the Irish folk rock band O'Malley's March, which he started with his friends in 1988