Democratic Maryland Gov Wes Moore announces run for reelection

Moore has repeatedly said he won't run for president, but the White House race is still three years away.

Published: September 9, 2025 8:31am

Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday announced his run for reelection next year.

“While we stand up for middle-class Marylanders, the president of the United States is bending over backwards for billionaires and big corporations, firing federal workers, gutting Medicaid, raising prices on everything from electricity to groceries,” Moore said in a video announcing his reelection campaign.

“I’m asking you to reelect me governor,” he also said.

Moore, a former Army officer and author, has repeatedly said he won't run for president in 2028 while steadily elevating his national profile since his election in 2022, CNN reported.

Moore touted his record as governor, saying that he "inherited a structural budget deficit and turned it into a surplus.

"Our unemployment rate was one of the nation's highest, and now, it's one of the nation's lowest," he added. The governor also said that "homicides in Baltimore are the lowest they have been in 50 years."