Washington ( CNN ) Maryland Gov . Martin O'Malley told an audience at the University of Chicago on Thursday that he has been `` seriously considering '' a running for president , and suggested his decision on whether he 'll jump in to the race will come this spring . `` Right now , my primary responsibility is to move my family back to Baltimore , which I will do in another week , '' said O'Malley , whose term ends this month . `` So I 'm going to be taking some time over the next couple of months to get my family situated . '' He added , `` I 've been very encouraged as I travel around the country by a number of people who repeat again and again and again their desire for getting things done again as a country and also for new leadership to get those things done . '' If the phrase `` seriously considering '' sounds familiar , that 's because it is . O'Malley has been `` seriously considering '' running for president since early 2014 . He told the LA Times after a speech in Iowa in July 2014 that he was `` seriously considering '' a bid . He told Fusion in August 2104 that he was `` seriously considering a run in 2016 '' and he told CNN in February 2014 that he was preparing the `` ground work necessary to offer a better direction for our country . '' The two-term governor from Maryland has long been `` considering '' a run for president , but his polling numbers have not responded to his planning . In a December 2014 CNN/ORC International poll , O'Malley garnered only 1 % support , putting him 65 % behind frontrunner Hillary Clinton . 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 . `` I can tell you my feelings were hurt , '' O'Malley said about the loss . `` We had done a lot of really good things in Maryland and in the end you did not hear much about it during the campaign . '' He added , though , `` I was not on the ballot . ''
He told an audience in Maryland on the next couple of months ' that he was 'seriously considering ' a presidential bid . Anthony Brown said however he would focus on his family 'over Thursday O'Malley 's says his `` feelings were hurt '' when his hand picked successor lost his gubernatorial bid in Thursday .