Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) is slated to travel to Pennsylvania and South Carolina this month amid speculation he’s considering a 2028 presidential bid.
Moore will deliver at the commencement address at Lincoln University, a historically Black university in the swing state of Pennsylvania, on Sunday. Later this month, he will travel to the early Democratic primary state of South Carolina to headline the state Democratic Party’s Blue Palmetto Dinner.
In his South Carolina address, Moore is expected to touch on the issue of economic growth, according to an excerpt obtained by The Hill.
“In this moment, our job is not to simply go into hiding until there’s another election. The measure of our success will be how we choose to lead. And Maryland is choosing to lead every day,” Moore said. “We are choosing to lead on fighting child poverty. We are choosing to lead on education. We are choosing to lead on economic growth.”
While in South Carolina, the governor will also visit a pharmaceutical business and an electric vehicle business to talk about expansions into Maryland.
The development comes one day after Moore told ABC’s “The View” that he is not running for president in 2028. Moore is up for reelection in next year’s midterm elections.
Moore is seen as a rising star within the Democratic Party and has been floated as a potential presidential contender along with a handful of other Democratic governors including Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Gavin Newsom of California, JB Pritzker of Illinois, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Andy Beshear of Kentucky.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has also been floated as a potential contender and is said to be considering the move. Buttigieg is set to hold a town hall with the liberal veterans group VoteVets in the early contest state of Iowa this month.
Updated: 9:23 a.m. ET
