KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley was in West Michigan stumping for Hillary Clinton on Saturday.



O'Malley was at the Air Zoo in Portage where he delivered the keynote address at the Michigan Democratic Party's annual Best of the West dinner.

Newschannel 3 caught up with O'Malley during a stop in Kalamazoo.

He said, “I'm always able to say, ‘Where are you from?’”

And if that doesn't work, there's always his guitar, but O'Malley didn't stop in Kalamazoo to entertain voters. He came with a clear message.

He said, “In order to make our economy continue to grow, create jobs and finally make wages go up - we need to elect Hillary Clinton the next president of the United States.”

The former governor stopped by the Kalamazoo Beer Exchange for a Young Professional event.

It was his fourth stop of the day in Michigan. He also visited West Bloomfield, Flint, and East Lansing.

O’Malley said, “Michigan represents sort of the best we've done as a democracy, namely the recovery and the reinvestment in the auto industry and the skills of our workers and it represents the worst - in terms of the way leaders didn't listen to their people in Flint. That shouldn't happen in our country, we're better than this.”

Susan Connelly, A Clinton campaign Volunteer, said, “Those people who were afraid that, well, she's just politics as usual. She's not. She's spent her whole career, her whole entire career working for children, working for women, working for equal rights. And I think that she is the one to bring us into the future.”

O'Malley also urged people to register to vote ahead of the October 11 voter registration deadline.