Wes Moore
What this job does: Runs the state government. The governor proposes the state budget each year, signs or vetoes bills, and appoints the heads of state agencies and the judges of the top courts (with the state Senate's approval). The governor and lieutenant governor are elected together as one ticket. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Governor of Maryland (since January 18, 2023)
- Occupation
- Governor
- Lives in
- Anne Arundel County
Background
- Born in 1978 in Takoma Park, Maryland. source: msa.maryland.gov
- B.A. in international relations and economics, Johns Hopkins University (2001); M.Litt., Wolfson College, Oxford (2004), as a Rhodes Scholar. source: msa.maryland.gov
- Served in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, including in Afghanistan; awarded the Bronze Star. source: msa.maryland.gov
- Chief executive officer of the Robin Hood Foundation, 2017 to 2021; earlier founded the TV production company Omari Productions (2010) and BridgeEdU (2014). source: msa.maryland.gov
- Elected governor in 2022; took office January 18, 2023. source: msa.maryland.gov
In their own words
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- A "public safety turnaround"; safer communities, a stronger economy, better public schools and rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge (reporter's summary of Moore's campaign launch). source: wtop.com
- Supports Question 3 on congressional districts: "we are not going to allow Donald Trump to determine our democracy." source: nbcwashington.com
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