BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore‘s (D‑MD) initial response to the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore has raised his national profile as a possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidate.
But reopening the Port of Baltimore, reconstructing the bridge, and countering the economic consequences will test the first-term governor’s leadership, now in the national spotlight.
A crisis can be, for lack of a better word, an opportunity for possible presidential candidates to receive national attention, according to David Karol, an associate professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland.
Gov. Wes Moore (D‑MD) speaks on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Dundalk, Maryland. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Moore, 45, appeared alongside President Joe Biden Friday in Baltimore as the president surveilled the Francis Scott Key Bridge cleanup effort, joining Biden at an operational briefing from the Army Corps of Engineers and introducing him at their afternoon remarks.
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