Voters rejected O'Malley 's Maryland Democratic Party at the ballot box in 2014 when the governor 's handpicked successor , Anthony Brown , lost the governor 's race to Republican Larry Hogan . He told an audience in Chicago on Thursday that he was ' seriously considering ' a presidential bid . O'Malley said however he would focus on his campaign ' over the next couple of months ' O'Malley 's says his ` ` feelings were hurt '' when his carefully picked opponent lost his gubernatorial bid in 2014 .
He told an audience in Chicago on Thursday that he was ' seriously considering ' a presidential bid . O'Malley said however he would focus on his campaign ' over the next couple of months ' O'Malley 's says his ` ` feelings were hurt '' when his carefully picked opponent lost his gubernatorial bid in 2014 .