{"id":2577565,"date":"2026-03-09T08:28:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wes-moore-rolls-out-commencement-tour-in-battleground-territory\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:29:02","slug":"wes-moore-rolls-out-commencement-tour-in-battleground-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wes-moore-rolls-out-commencement-tour-in-battleground-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Wes Moore rolls out commencement tour in battleground territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwes-moore-rolls-out-commencement-tour-in-battleground-territory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2577565&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Wes Moore, Maryland\u2019s governor, is launching a commencement tour in battleground states to raise his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-pans-biden-admins-immigration-crime-policies-during-campaign-style-speech\/\" title=\"Tom Cotton Pans Biden Admin...s Immigration, Crime Policies During Campaign-Style Speech\">national profile ahead<\/a> of a possible 2028 presidential bid. He\u2019s slated to speak in May at Valley Forge Military Academy and Collage in Pennsylvania, Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina, and Frostburg State University in Maryland, according to CBS News. Moore\u2019s office says the appearances are to celebrate the Class of 2026 and graduates from Maryland\u2019s historic HBCUs, and also his alma mater. He has repeatedly saeid he loves his job and isn\u2019t running for president now, though he didn\u2019t rule out a White House bid in the future. The tour fits into a broader pattern among Democratic governors who are viewed as potential contenders for 2028,alongside others like Gavin Newsom,josh Shapiro,Andy Beshear,JB Pritzker,and Gretchen Whitmer,with Hillary Clinton also noting that Democrats have a \u201cgood bench\u201d for 2028.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wes Moore rolls out commencement tour in battleground territory<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2508262\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wes-moore\/\">Wes Moore<\/a> (D-MD) is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-speak-at-university-of-alabama-and-west-point-graduations\/\" title=\"Trump to ... at ... of Alabama and West Point graduations\">deliver commencement speeches<\/a> in swing states, a move that would boost his national profile ahead of a rumored <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11676\">presidential<\/a> bid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moore is planning addresses in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, in addition to a speech in his home state of Maryland. Audiences at Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Pennsylvania, the governor&rsquo;s alma mater, Johnson C. Smith University, a historically Black college and university in North Carolina, and Frostburg State University in western Maryland will hear Moore speak in May, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wes-moore-commencement-addresses-2028-battleground-states\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wes-moore-commencement-addresses-2028-battleground-states\/\">according to CBS News<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4482952\/ken-calvert-young-kim-incumbent-2026-primary-fight\/\">California redistricting could put House GOP&#8217;s most prominent Asian American member at risk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4484347\/john-cornyn-ken-paxton-great-texas-trump-off\/\">Cornyn and Paxton to face each other in the great Texas Trump-off<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4483891\/iran-war-risks-ballot-box-backlash-gop-undermining-affordability\/\">Iran war risks ballot box backlash for GOP: &#8216;Undermining affordability&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The development comes despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >governor recently seeking<\/a> to deny widespread speculation he&rsquo;s aiming to run for president in 2028.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I love my job. I love what I&rsquo;m doing,&rdquo; Moore said during a recent CBS <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rA_Z0lE5SbY\">town hall<\/a>. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not running for president,&rdquo; the governor added, though he declined to rule out a White House bid at some point in the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moore&rsquo;s office said this week the governor is &ldquo;honored to be invited to celebrate the Class of 2026 &mdash; including graduates from Maryland, one of our nation&rsquo;s historic HBCUs, and his own alma mater.&rdquo; The commencements will be a &ldquo;moment to the dedication, service, and promise of the next generation of leaders committed to uplifting communities in our state and across the country,&rdquo; spokesman Ryhan Lake added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moore is among a slew of Democratic governors viewed as likely presidential contenders in 2028 or beyond. Others include Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Andy Beshear (D-KY), JB Pritzker (D-IL), and Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4462360\/hillary-clinton-democrats-good-bench-2028\/\"><strong>HILLARY CLINTON SAYS DEMOCRATS HAVE &lsquo;GOOD BENCH&rsquo; FOR 2028<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In recent months, many of those governors <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4475082\/memoirs-potential-presidential-candidates-shed-light-2028-strategy\/\">have written memoirs<\/a> or announced plans to release books, a common way for candidates seeking to set their narrative and introduce themselves to the public.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s obviously that very tactical part of it, which is you just want to get everything out that you can, and then it&rsquo;s taken care of, right? Because you have owned that narrative, and it&rsquo;s in the public record,&rdquo; Elizabeth Ashford, a Los Angeles-based strategist, previously told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moore launches battleground commencement tour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2577566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wes-Moore-5.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[75398,75397,74060,75396],"class_list":["post-2577565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-battleground-territory-2","tag-commencement-tour","tag-maryland-politics-2","tag-wes-moore-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wes-Moore-5.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577570,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577565\/revisions\/2577570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}