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BALTIMORE — With his family in tow, Gov.-elect Wes Moore walked across the stage at his election night victory party Tuesday and into the history books: for the first time since the office was founded, Maryland will have a Black governor.

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BALTIMORE — Wes Moore, whose vibrant and organized campaign catapulted him from outsider political candidate to a rising star in Democratic politics, will be Maryland’s next governor, the first Black candidate elected to the role and only the third Black elected governor in U.S. history, The Associated Press said as…

BALTIMORE — Wes Moore, whose vibrant and organized campaign catapulted him from outsider candidate to a rising star in Democratic politics, will be Maryland’s next governor, the first Black person to lead the state and only the third Black elected governor in U.S. history, based on The Associated Press call…

Wes Moore is the third Black governor to be elected in the country, and the first to serve in Maryland. He defeated Republican Dan Cox for the job, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

Democrats Wes Moore and U.S. Rep Anthony Brown are aiming to make Maryland history