--- title: Martin O'Malley Finds Something to Like in Clinton Emails description: One of Hillary Clinton's rivals is now using her past praise for him to raise money. canonical: https://time.com/4019119/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton-email/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-01T19:57:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:37:10.646Z article:section: Politics og:title: O'Malley Finds Something to Like in Clinton Emails og:description: He uses her past praise for him to raise money. og:url: https://time.com/4019119/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton-email/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b8d2351d0dc4495/698861dacf40a8517cc3f7f8/gettyimages-485585722.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidates Speak At DNC Summer Meeting In Minneapolis og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: O'Malley Finds Something to Like in Clinton Emails twitter:description: He uses her past praise for him to raise money. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b8d2351d0dc4495/698861dacf40a8517cc3f7f8/gettyimages-485585722.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # O'Malley Finds Something to Like in Clinton Emails by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Sep 1, 2015 7:57 PM UTC  Democratic Presidential candidate former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks at the Democratic National Committee summer meeting on August 28, 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Democratic Presidential candidate former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks at the Democratic National Committee summer meeting on August 28, 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Adam Bettcher—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Sep 1, 2015 7:57 PM UTC While Jeb Bush and Donald Trump are blasting each other for praising Hillary Clinton in the past, one of Clinton’s rivals is now using her past praise for him to raise money. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley sent a fundraising email to supporters Tuesday which noted that the former Secretary of State had said nice things about him in the past. The praise comes from an email that Clinton sent to her friend Sen. Barbara Mikulski in April 2010, long before the two prepared to run against each other for president, in which Clinton complimented O’Malley profusely ahead of his reelection contest for Maryland governor: --- > “” --- The [Clinton email was released](http://time.com/4019043/hillary-clinton-email-hillaryisms/) by the State Department Monday as part of [a public records request](http://time.com/4018142/hillary-clinton-email-released/) of all of Clinton’s electronic correspondence during her time as Secretary of State. O’Malley noted Clinton’s praise in his fundraising email, saying he was “flattered,” then switched gears to make his pitch for more debates in the Democratic primary, which have been limited by the Democratic National Committee to six. “Here’s the thing: I didn’t win in Maryland by acclamation. I won because of supporters like you. I won because we fought for progressive change,” O’Malley wrote. “Democrats are not going to win THIS election by acclamation either. We need more debates to get our positions on the issues in front of voters.” **Read Next:**[_Martin O’Malley Plans Revolt Over Democratic Debate Rules_](http://time.com/3987454/democratic-debates-hillary-clinton-martin-omalley/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4019119/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton-email/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4019119/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton-email/"},"headline":"O'Malley Finds Something to Like in Clinton Emails","datePublished":"2015-09-01T19:57:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:37:10.646Z","description":"One of Hillary Clinton's rivals is now using her past praise for him to raise money.","url":"https://time.com/4019119/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton-email/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Martin O'malley"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b8d2351d0dc4495/698861dacf40a8517cc3f7f8/gettyimages-485585722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b8d2351d0dc4495/698861dacf40a8517cc3f7f8/gettyimages-485585722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Speak At DNC Summer Meeting In Minneapolis","caption":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Speak At DNC Summer Meeting In Minneapolis","creditText":"Adam Bettcher—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4019119/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton-email/","name":"O'Malley Finds Something to Like in Clinton Emails"}}]}] ```