Martin Joseph O'Malley is an American politician who served as the 17th commissioner of the Social Security Administration from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the 61st governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015 and the 48th mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007.
The 2006 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican governor Bob Ehrlich ran for a second term,but was defeated by the Democratic nominee,Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley. Ehrlich was the only incumbent governor from either party to lose a general election in the 2006 midterms.
Sheila Ann Dixon is an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Baltimore,Maryland,after mayor Martin O'Malley was sworn in as governor on January 17,2007. Dixon,then president of the Baltimore City Council,served out the remaining year of her term and won the mayoral election in November 2007. Dixon was the first African-American woman to serve as president of the City Council,Baltimore's first female mayor,and Baltimore's third black mayor.
The 2007 Baltimore mayoral election was held on November 6,2007. Because Baltimore's electorate is overwhelmingly Democratic,Sheila Dixon's victory in the Democratic primary on September 11 all but assured her of victory in the general election;she defeated Republican candidate Elbert Henderson in the general election by an overwhelming majority. Dixon,who as president of the Baltimore City Council became mayor in January 2007 when Martin O'Malley resigned to become Governor of Maryland,was the first woman to be elected to the office.
Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake is an American politician and attorney who served as the 50th Mayor of Baltimore from 2010 to 2016,the second woman to hold that office. She has also served as secretary of the Democratic National Committee and as president of the United States Conference of Mayors.
Jill Priscilla Carter is an American politician and attorney who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate since 2018,representing the 41st district in Baltimore. She previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 until her resignation in 2017.
The 2010 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010. The date included the election of the governor,lieutenant governor,and all members of the Maryland General Assembly. Incumbent Democratic governor Martin O'Malley and lieutenant governor Anthony Brown won re-election to a second term in office,defeating Republican former governor Bob Ehrlich and his running mate Mary Kane.
Catherine Elizabeth Pugh is an American former politician who served as the 51st mayor of Baltimore,Maryland's largest city,from 2016 to 2019. She resigned from office amid a scandal that eventually led to criminal charges,three years in prison,and three years probation in 2020.
On November 2,1999,the city of Baltimore,Maryland,elected a new mayor,the 47th in the city's history. Primary elections were held to determine the nominees for the Democratic Party and Republican Party on September 14. Incumbent mayor Kurt Schmoke,a Democrat,opted not to run for reelection. Martin O'Malley,a member of the Baltimore City Council,won the election to succeed Schmoke.
The 2014 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic governor Martin O'Malley was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Martin O'Malley,the 61st Governor of Maryland,was formally launched on May 30,2015,as Governor O'Malley announced his intention to seek the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. On February 1,2016,he suspended his campaign after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses.
Nicholas James Mosby is an American politician who was the president of the Baltimore City Council from 2020 to 2024. First elected to serve on the city council from 2011 to 2016,Mosby was subsequently appointed in 2017 to the Maryland House of Delegates,representing Baltimore City's 40th District. He was elected as Baltimore City Council president in November 2020,assuming the role in December of that year. Mosby ran for a second term in 2024,but was defeated in the Democratic primary by city councilmember Zeke Cohen.
The 2016 Baltimore mayoral election was held November 8,2016 concurrent with the General Election. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake,the incumbent mayor,did not run for reelection. Catherine Pugh won the election on November 8,2016,with 57% of the popular vote,and took office on December 6,2016.
The 2018 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018. The date included the election of the governor,lieutenant governor,and all members of the Maryland General Assembly. Incumbent governor Larry Hogan and Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford,both Republicans,were re-elected to a second term against Democrat Ben Jealous,the former NAACP CEO,and his running mate Susan Turnbull. This was one of eight Republican-held governorships up for election in a state carried by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
Bernard C. "Jack" Young is an American politician and former mayor of Baltimore,Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party,Young was elected to the Baltimore City Council in 1996,representing Baltimore's second district. In 2010,Young became City Council President following Stephanie Rawlings-Blake taking over as mayor due to the indictment of Sheila Dixon. On April 2,2019,Young was named acting mayor during the leave of absence by Mayor Catherine Pugh. Following Pugh's resignation on May 2,2019,Young was fully vested as mayor of the city. In October 2019,Young announced that he was running to retain his position as Mayor in the 2020 election. He lost the Democratic nomination for mayor,despite raising more money than the other candidates. Instead,Brandon Scott won the nomination for mayor in the 2020 general election,which he went on to win.
The 2020 Baltimore mayoral election was held on November 3,2020,concurrent with the general election. Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott,the Democratic Party nominee,won a sizable victory over independent candidate Bob Wallace,Republican Party nominee Shannon Wright,and Working Class Party nominee David Harding.
Elizabeth M. Embry is an American politician who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 43A in Baltimore. In 2018,she was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland,running on the ticket of Prince George's County executive Rushern Baker. In 2016,she was a candidate for mayor of Baltimore.
Aletheia McCaskill is an American politician and union activist who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 44B in Baltimore County,Maryland. She was previously a candidate for District 44 of the Maryland Senate in 2018.
Mark Edelson is a South Africa-born American politician and attorney who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 46 in Baltimore.
