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Wes Moore

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Democratic · Governor of Maryland · Maryland · Spectrum score -46

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Wes Moore is Governor of Maryland in Maryland. Political positions and ideology score -46 (Left). Moore is the résumé.

College: Johns Hopkins University, B.A. 2001 · Wolfson College, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar), M.Litt. 2004
Spouse: Dawn Flythe Moore (m. 2008)
Children: Two
Résumé: Governor of Maryland · 2023–
Chief executive · Robin Hood Foundation · 2017–2021
U.S. Army / 82nd Airborne · 2005–2014

Net worth: $4.0M
Salary: $180,000
Before office: $2.0M
2026 raised: —
Years in office: 3

Where Wes stands on the spectrum

Wes Moore scores -46 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -46 · Left · economic -53 · social -44 · authoritarian -20

Confidence 83. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Moore is the résumé. The file is a memoir that became a governorship, a foundation-and-book stack, and a state that is richer than its worst zip codes. 2028 talk is the air. Baltimore is the ground.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$4.0M

+100% since taking office

Disclosure + books, 2025

Before office$2.0M

Now$4.0M

Rhodes, combat, a bestseller, a bank foundation. The autobiography is the asset.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $0
Cash on hand: $0

Top industries

Publishing
Finance (foundation years)
Maryland donors

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Memoir and foundation years. Funds.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$250K–$1.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$75K–$300K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$250K–$1.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$75K–$300K

Sum of ranges $325K–$1.3M · midpoint $813K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

The other Wes Moore as a brand that has to survive governing.
Maryland suburban money vs Baltimore as the actual job.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -53
Social: -44
Authoritarian: -20
Confidence: 83

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-56
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-54
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-72
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-54
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-16
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

State record 2023–26
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.