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Wes Moore

Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and former U . Army officer, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023. Moore was born in Maryland and raised primarily in New York. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a master's degree from Wolfson College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. After several years in the U . Army and Army Reserve, he became an investment banker in New York. Between 2010 and 2015, Moore published five books, including a young-adult novel. He served as CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation from 2017 to 2021. Moore authored The Other Wes Moore and The Work. He also hosted Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and was executive producer and a writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS. Moore is a member of the Democratic Party. He won the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election, becoming Maryland's first black governor and the third black person elected governor of any U . state.

Infobox

Lieutenant
Aruna Miller
Preceded by
Larry Hogan
Born
Westley Watende Omari Moore (1978-10-15) October 15, 1978 Takoma Park, Maryland, U .
Party
Democratic
Spouse
Dawn Flythe (m. 2007)
Children
2
Education
Valley Forge Military College (AA) Johns Hopkins University (BA) Wolfson College, Oxford (MLitt)
Website
Campaign website
Branch
United States Army Army Reserve
Service years'
1998–2014
Rank
Captain
Unit
82nd Airborne Division
Conflict
War in Afghanistan
Awards
Afghanistan Campaign Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal Army Service Ribbon Bronze Star Medal Combat Action Badge National Defense Service Medal Parachutist Badge

Tables

2022 Maryland gubernatorial election · Electoral history
Party
Party
Primary election
Party
Primary election
Candidate
Primary election
Votes
Primary election
%
Total votes
Total votes
Primary election
Total votes
Primary election
671,160
Primary election
100
General election
General election
Primary election
General election
Total votes
Total votes
Primary election
Total votes
Primary election
2,005,259
Primary election
100
Primary election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Wes Moore Aruna Miller
217,524
32
Democratic
Tom Perez Shannon Sneed
202,175
30
Democratic
Peter Franchot Monique Anderson-Walker
141,586
21
Democratic
Rushern Baker (withdrawn) Nancy Navarro (withdrawn)
26,594
4
Democratic
Doug Gansler Candace Hollingsworth
25,481
3
Democratic
John King Jr. Michelle Siri
24,882
3
Democratic
Ashwani Jain LaTrece Hawkins Lytes
13,784
2
Democratic
Jon Baron Natalie Williams
11,880
1
Democratic
Jerome Segal Justinian M. Dispenza
4,276
0
Democratic
Ralph Jaffe Mark Greben
2,978
0
Total votes
671,160
100
General election
Democratic
Wes Moore Aruna Miller
1,293,944
64
Republican
Dan Cox Gordana Schifanelli
644,000
32
Libertarian
David Lashar Christiana Logansmith
30,101
1
Working Class
David Harding Cathy White
17,154
0
Green
Nancy Wallace Patrick Elder
14,580
0
Write-in
5,444
0 %
Total votes
2,005,259
100
Democratic gain from Republican
· External links
Preceded byBen Jealous
Preceded byBen Jealous
Party political offices
Preceded byBen Jealous
Party political offices
Democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland 2022
Party political offices
Most recent
Political offices
Political offices
Party political offices
Political offices
Preceded byLarry Hogan
Preceded byLarry Hogan
Party political offices
Preceded byLarry Hogan
Party political offices
Governor of Maryland 2023–present
Party political offices
Incumbent
U . order of precedence (ceremonial)
U . order of precedence (ceremonial)
Party political offices
U . order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byJD Vanceas Vice President
Preceded byJD Vanceas Vice President
Party political offices
Preceded byJD Vanceas Vice President
Party political offices
United States order of precedence Within Maryland
Party political offices
Succeeded byMayor of city in which event is held
Succeeded byOtherwise Mike Johnsonas Speaker of the House
Succeeded byOtherwise Mike Johnsonas Speaker of the House
Party political offices
Succeeded byOtherwise Mike Johnsonas Speaker of the House
Preceded byMaura Healeyas Governor of Massachusetts
Preceded byMaura Healeyas Governor of Massachusetts
Party political offices
Preceded byMaura Healeyas Governor of Massachusetts
Party political offices
United States order of precedence Outside Maryland
Party political offices
Succeeded byHenry McMasteras Governor of South Carolina
Party political offices
Preceded byBen Jealous
Democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland 2022
Most recent
Political offices
Preceded byLarry Hogan
Governor of Maryland 2023–present
Incumbent
U . order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byJD Vanceas Vice President
United States order of precedence Within Maryland
Succeeded byMayor of city in which event is held
Succeeded byOtherwise Mike Johnsonas Speaker of the House
Preceded byMaura Healeyas Governor of Massachusetts
United States order of precedence Outside Maryland
Succeeded byHenry McMasteras Governor of South Carolina

References

  1. Moore is the fifth black U . state governor, following P. B. S. Pinchback of Louisiana, Douglas Wilder of Virginia, Deva
  2. Baltimore Business Journal
    https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2021/02/08/wes-moore-leaving-ceo-post-robin-hood-foundation.html
  3. PBS
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150815153013/https://www.pbs.org/coming-back-with-wes-moore/home/
  4. Baltimore Banner
    https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/article/black-governors-united-states-FQNH7JICC5DYHK274VCZCKWMUI/
  5. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/us/politics/maryland-governor-wes-moore.html
  6. Politico
    https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/08/maryland-governor-results-2022-wes-moore-00065789
  7. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/12/17/people/9e0dc420-5b6f-48f8-b2d1-946dffff4373/
  8. Oprah
    https://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/excerpt-from-the-other-wes-moore-by-wes-moore
  9. MAEC, Inc
    https://maec.org/staff/joy-thomas-moore/
  10. Wes Moore for Maryland
    https://wesmoore.com/
  11. The Other Wes Moore
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150715102812/http://theotherwesmoore.com/about-the-author/
  12. Baltimore
    https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/historypolitics/wes-moore-to-become-marylands-first-black-governor/
  13. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
    http://theotherwesmoore2.weebly.com/character-list.html
  14. The Other Wes Moore
    https://archive.org/details/otherwesmooreone00moor_0/page/250
  15. MinnPost
    https://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2012/11/wes-moores-two-fatherless-boys-two-very-different-paths/
  16. Allen Cheng
    https://www.allencheng.com/the-other-wes-moore-book-summary-wes-moore/
  17. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/politics/kamala-harris-father.html
  18. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/02/wes-moore-military-school-valley-forge/
  19. Headlines@Hopkins
    https://pages.jh.edu/news_info/news/home00/dec00/rhodes.html
  20. "Author, JHU alum Wes Moore to speak at School of Education commencement"
    http://hub.jhu.edu/2013/04/17/wes-moore-education-commencement/
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