US Midterms 2026
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Wes Moore, a Democrat, Army veteran and author who became governor of Maryland in 2023, is running for a second term in 2026 against Republican Dan Cox.
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Maryland Governor Wes Moore has directed the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) to develop recommendations for strengthening sexual assault policies at colleges and universities across the state.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has signed a directive instructing the state's higher education agency to recommend actions to improve campus sexual assault policies across the state.
Governor Wes Moore directed the Secretary of Higher Education to review and issue recommendations to Maryland universities to improve campus sexual assault policies following national scrutiny at Cornell University over…
In another attempt to unify Democrats and boost turnout, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore campaigned with Crowley across Wisconsin last week, noting that Crowley is vying to become Wisconsin's first Black governor.
(Annapolis, MD) -- Governor Wes Moore has directed the MTA to pause any toll increases for the next year to give Marylanders extra breathing room.
A coalition of prominent press freedom organizations that have blasted President Donald Trump’s treatment of journalists is now accusing Democratic Maryland Gov.
Governor Wes Moore announced has asked the Maryland Transportation Authority to "pause" any increases in tolls for the next year. [...] This content is imported from x.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore should be applauded for issuing a directive to take action on the challenge of juvenile car thefts.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, chair of the National Governors Association, welcomed workforce, service, and philanthropic leaders from 23 states and territories to Annapolis, Maryland, Oct.
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Moore today announced a new program designed to address key challenges faced by young men and boys by providing parenting supports for fathers.
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Westley Watende Omari Moore, born in Takoma Park, Maryland, on October 15, 1978, is the son of Joy Thomas Moore and William Westley Moore Jr., a broadcast journalist.
His father died in 1982, and in 1984 his mother moved the family to the Bronx, New York; he attended Riverdale Country School and later Valley Forge Military Academy and College.
He completed an associate degree at Valley Forge Military College in 1998 and a B.A. in economics and international relations at Johns Hopkins University in 2001, and then studied at Wolfson College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship, earning a master's in international relations in 2004.
Moore served with the 82nd Airborne Division, deployed to Afghanistan between 2005 and March 2006, reaching the rank of captain, and left the Army in 2014. He was an investment banker with Deutsche Bank and Citibank in New York from 2007 to 2012.
Between 2010 and 2015 he published five books, among them The Other Wes Moore and The Work, and his production company created programming including Coming Back with Wes Moore for PBS. From 2017 to 2021 he led the Robin Hood Foundation, a New York antipoverty charity, as CEO.
Moore launched his campaign for governor on June 7, 2021, with Aruna Miller as his running mate. He took the Democratic primary of July 19, 2022, with 32.4% of the vote over Tom Perez and Peter Franchot, and defeated Republican Dan Cox in the general election. He took office in 2023, becoming Maryland's 63rd governor and its first Black governor; he was the third Black person to win election as governor of a U.S. state.
Moore is seeking a second term as governor of Maryland. He won renomination against token opposition in the Democratic primary of June 23, 2026. In the Republican primary held the same day, Dan Cox defeated Hale, setting up a rematch of the 2022 contest and Maryland's first rematch for governor since 2010. The general election takes place on November 3, 2026, and the winner will begin a four-year term on January 20, 2027.
