Wes Moore – Governor of Maryland, 2028 Presidential Election 2028 Candidate
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Governor of Maryland

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Born in Takoma Park, Maryland to a Jamaican-Cuban mother and a father who died when he was three. Rhodes Scholar and Johns Hopkins graduate who served as a combat veteran in Afghanistan and led a poverty-fighting nonprofit. Married to Dawn Flythe Moore; two children.

Policy Focus

Opportunity Economy

Poverty ReductionVeteransEducation

Policy Positions

Poverty ReductionEnd child poverty through direct investment and family tax credits
VeteransExpand veteran housing and job placement programs
EducationBlueprint for Maryland's Future — $3.8 billion education investment

Career Timeline

2006Served as Army captain in Afghanistan
2010Published bestseller The Other Wes Moore
2017Became CEO of Robin Hood Foundation
2023Inaugurated as first Black governor of Maryland
2024Rose to national prominence as Democratic rising star
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