Martin O'Malley

On November 2, 1999, after an energetic, hard-fought campaign that captured the hopes and imaginations of families throughout the city, Martin O'Malley was elected as the youngest Mayor in Baltimore's history with an overwhelming 91 percent of the vote. Two months earlier, he garnered 53 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, winning all six of Baltimore's City Council Districts and besting a 17-candidate field that included the sitting City Council President and a former City Councilman and School Board member, who were the campaign's early frontrunners.

Following through on his campaign themes of accountability, change and reform, Mayor O'Malley has made improving public safety, education, and economic development - downtown and in each of Baltimore's celebrated neighborhoods - the cornerstones of his covenant with the people of Baltimore. Within a week of taking office, he also kicked off an ambitious drive to make Baltimore America's cleanest city.

Prior to his election as Mayor, Martin O'Malley served on the Baltimore City Council from 1991 to 1999, and as an Assistant State's Attorney for the City of Baltimore from 1988 to 1990.

After winning election to a 3rd District City Council seat in 1991, the Mayor rapidly rose through the ranks to become Chairman of the Legislative Investigations Committee and Chairman of the Taxation and Finance Committee.

Mayor O'Malley, a graduate of Catholic University and the University of Maryland School of Law, is a member of the Maryland Bar Association.

Mayor Martin O'Malley and his wife Katie Curran O'Malley live in Baltimore's Beverly Hills community with their two daughters, Grace and Tara, and son William. They are members of St. Francis of Assisi Church.