Governor, Maryland

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Called America's best young mayor by Esquire magazine, Martin O'Malley has led Baltimore City's renewal, working tirelessly to make it a safer and cleaner city, a city that is a better place for children, and a city where businesses want to invest. Martin O'Malley believes the foundation of Baltimore's comeback begins with public safety and a commitment to making every neighborhood an even safer place to call home. Under Mayor O'Malley's leadership and through the hard work of police and neighbors, Baltimore is leading the nation in the rate of reduction of violent crime. And, at the same time, Baltimore is freeing its communities of drug use with new substance abuse facilities and improved drug treatment funding. Martin O'Malley is moving Baltimore government from patronage politics to performance politics through the use of his nationally acclaimed CitiStat program. With a dedication to open and transparent government and a belief that what gets watched gets done, O'Malley is tracking performance on a scale unprecedented in local government. Syndicated columnists Neal Peirce says Citistat "may represent the most significant local government management innovation of this decade" Martin O'Malley promotes an economic development strategy focused on building from the city's strengths; focused on investing in all of Baltimore's people; focused on improving the quality of life for the people who live and work in the City. He firmly believes that economic and community development must go hand in hand. Martin O'Malley believes the real measure of our progress as a people is the achievements of our children. For the first time in a generation, schools in Baltimore are showing significant improvement. For the past three years, elementary school students have posted higher scores in reading, language arts, and mathematics at every grade level. Thanks in large part to the City's lobbying at the state level, Baltimore schools have received an unprecedented 37% increase in per capita funding over these last few years. Martin O'Malley is an attorney. He received his B.A. from the Catholic University of America and his law degree from the University of Maryland. He served as an Assistant State's Attorney for the City of Baltimore from 1988 to 1990. In 1991 he was elected to the City Council representing the 3rd District. He served as Chairman of the Legislative Investigations Committee and Chairman of the Taxation and Finance Committee. He and his wife, Catherine Curran O'Malley, live in Northeast Baltimore with their daughters, Grace and Tara, and sons William and Jack. They are members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.