Wes Moore, the former Robin Hood Foundation CEO, won Maryland's Democratic gubernatorial primary. He defeated Maryland comptroller Peter Franchot, former Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez, former Education Secretary John King and former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler.
Moore, a Rhodes scholar and former White House fellow, and author his 2010 bestselling memoir, "The Other Wes Moore," an inspirational story of two boys with the same name and ties to the rough streets of Baltimore.
He will face Republican state Del. Dan Cox, an election denier who has taken a series of hard-line conservative positions, in the race for what will be one of the most difficult governor's offices for the GOP to hold in November's midterms.
Moore would be the state's first Black governor if elected.
