Wes Moore

Democratic Gov. Wes Moore made history Wednesday, officially assuming office as Maryland's first Black chief executive during a ceremony at the state's ...

It is a fulfillment of a hope.” The son of a Jamaican immigrant, Moore ran on a pledge to “leave no one behind,” campaigning on a set of progressive policies such as raising the minimum wage, increasing clean energy initiatives and reforming education and policing — many of which he touched on during his address. Today is a celebration of our collective future.” Democrats were whispering of a potential future presidential run for Moore before the 44-year-old even won the election, [likening the political newcomer to former President Barack Obama](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/19/wes-moore-maryland-governor-00062510), who aided Moore on the campaign trail. [33 percentage points](https://www.politico.com/2022-election/results/maryland/statewide-offices/) in a race for the seat left open by former Gov. Today is not an indictment of the past.

Wes Moore is sworn in as the 63rd governor of the state of Maryland by Maryland Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Fader, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in ...

I trust your leadership.” I trust your vision. Moore addressed key policy priorities in his address including child poverty, the economy and crime. I trust you. He succeeds term-limited Republican Larry Hogan. Moore also focused on the economy in the state and said “we do not have to choose between a competitive economy and an equitable one.”

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was sworn in as the state's first Black governor on Wednesday, punctuating his inauguration with references to Black history that ...

Virginia's Douglas Wilder was the first Black governor elected in 1989, and Moore is the nation's third. Deval Patrick, who was the second Black governor elected in the nation's history in 2006. Wes Moore was sworn in as the state's first Black governor on Wednesday, punctuating his inauguration with references to Black history that included an acknowledgement of the enslaved people who once arrived by ship near the state Capitol.

With his hand on a Bible once owned by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Wes Moore was sworn in Wednesday to become Maryland's first Black governor and only ...

[Miller](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/15/aruna-miller-lieutenant-governor-maryland/?itid=lk_inline_manual_49), is the first woman of color and first immigrant to serve in the No. “Regardless of the things that seem to divide us there is a parallel force that pulls us together and this occurrence confirms that. Brown was sworn in as the state’s first Black attorney general earlier this month; and Brooke Lierman became the [first woman to serve as comptroller](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/16/brooke-lierman-maryland-comptroller/?itid=lk_inline_manual_49). Moore deviated from the speech printed in the program to directly address those skeptical he could deliver on systemic changes, particularly at a time of rancorous political division, and cast himself as a consensus builder: “I say we must govern on big principles and not on petty differences. In assuming the office, Moore returns control of the governor’s mansion to Democrats after eight years of Republican rule. The new governor — Maryland’s 63rd and the only Black person leading a state today — quickly pivoted to what he hopes to accomplish while in power, saying: “Today is not an indictment of the past. “We do not have to choose between a safe state and a just state. “I’m asking you to believe that Maryland can be different,” he said. He pledged to address violent crime and rebuild police forces, as well as “change the inexcusable fact that Maryland incarcerates more Black boys than any other state.” And today, our opportunity to begin this future is so bright, it is blinding.” [a Bible once owned by abolitionist Frederick Douglass](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/14/maryland-governor-moore-frederick-douglass/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2), Wes Moore was sworn in Wednesday to become Maryland’s first Black governor and [only the third elected in U.S. “We are blocks away from the Annapolis docks, where so many enslaved people arrived in this country against their will,” Moore said.

BALTIMORE -- It is the start of a new chapter Thursday with new leaders taking the reigns in Maryland. Gov. Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller are getting ...

Gov. Their day also includes a public safety meeting with the U.S. The governor will hold his first press conference Thursday at 10:15 a.m. That we are hyperfocused on keeping illegal guns out of our neighborhoods and that we are hyperfocused on intelligence sharing. The governor said his administration Thursday will go over some executive orders and address some critical concerns like public safety -- specifically in Baltimore City. "We are hyperfocused on making sure that we are getting and keeping violent offenders off our streets," Moore said at his inaugural ball in Downtown Baltimore Wednesday night, which attracted over 11,000 visitors.