Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will run for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, even if Hillary Clinton officially decides to run.
Though nearly seven in 10 Democrats say they have never heard of the governor — who has been in office since 2006 — Democratic fundraisers say O’Malley has told them he will still run so she will “face at least some competition” from an “established elected official,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
O’Malley “told me flat out he’s going to run either way,” a Democratic fundraiser told the newspaper.