Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and veteran, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023. Moore was born in Maryland and raised primarily in New York.

Jan 30, 2025 · Governor Moore Presents Proposed State Budget for FY 2026 We're addressing our budget crisis head on by making sure state government is making responsible use of taxpayer funds and making strategic investments to grow our economy and win this decade.

Wes Moore is the 63rd Governor of the state of Maryland. He is Maryland’s first Black Governor in the state’s 246-year history, and is just the third African American elected Governor in the history of the United States.

Jan 28, 2025 · Wes Moore is the charismatic author, activist, and politician elected in 2022 to be Maryland’s first Black governor. Moore is a Rhodes scholar, an Afghanistan combat veteran, and a best-selling author.

Jan 18, 2023 · With his son under his raised arm and his wife holding a Bible that once belonged to Frederick Douglass, Wes Moore on Wednesday was sworn in as the first Black governor of Maryland, the only Black governor currently in office and one of only three Black governors elected in U.S. history.

In 2022, Governor Moore was elected the first Black governor of the State of Maryland and earned the highest number of individual votes in Maryland gubernatorial history.

2 days ago · ANNAPOLIS, MD — Governor Wes Moore today delivered his third State of the State address. Before a joint session of the Maryland General Assembly, the governor spoke about investing in industries of the future, reforming the tax code, and investing in Marylanders by meeting crisis with courage in the face of one of the most challenging and consequential …

Mar 29, 2024 · Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is the only sitting Black governor and the third ever elected in the U.S. Moore is described as a "rising star" in the Democratic party without spending much time in...

Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and veteran, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023.

Wes Moore became the 63rd governor of Maryland on January 18, 2023. During an August 2006 interview with C-SPAN, Moore said he identified as a "social moderate and strong fiscal conservative". [1] . In September 2022, he reiterated his position on fiscal issues as being "fiscally responsible". [2] .