Wes Moore’s Election Nightmare

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Any list of Americans under age 50 with a serious and readily foreseeable path to being president one day would have to include Maryland governor Wes Moore. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
John Heilemann
October 24, 2024

Any list of Americans under age 50 with a serious and readily foreseeable path to being president one day would have to include Wes Moore, who, at 46, is currently the second-youngest governor in the country and only the third Black person ever elected to that office.