Westley Watende Omari Moore is an American politician, investment banker, author, television producer, and nonprofit executive serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023.
Meet Wes Moore’s children Mia and James
News4 sat down with Maryland’s first couple and heard about their relationship, raising their children in the governor’s mansion and being compared to Barack and Michelle Obama. Mia and James, you are our everything. And yes, we owe you a puppy.
To our children, Mia and James, you are our everything. And yes, we owe you a puppy.
— Gov. Wes Moore (@iamwesmoore) January 19, 2023
Moore and his wife, Dawn, moved to the Riverside community in Baltimore in 2006. The couple married on July 6, 2007. They have two children, born in 2011 and 2014.
The Moores moved out of their Riverside home by late 2008, purchasing a home for $1.2 million in the Guilford community in north Baltimore and keeping their Riverside home as a rental before selling it in February 2021.
Maryland @govwesmoore delivered a timely commencement address for the Class of 2023 & all of us to carry forward. Watch the full speech on the Morehouse YouTube Channel.
“This is not about a fear of making people feel bad. It is about a fear of people understanding their power.” pic.twitter.com/R0zNT1n2XU
— Morehouse College (@Morehouse) May 22, 2023
In 2022, Moore supported a bill to ban the possession and sale of ghost guns in Maryland. He supports creating a firearms database to help law enforcement track guns used in crimes. Moore attended a Moms Demand Action rally in Annapolis, Maryland, where he said he would support the Gun Safety Act of 2023.
