{"id":75264,"date":"2026-06-23T19:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/trump-foe-wins-crucial-dem-primary-as-2028-presidential-speculation-swirls\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:55:34","slug":"trump-foe-wins-crucial-dem-primary-as-2028-presidential-speculation-swirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/trump-foe-wins-crucial-dem-primary-as-2028-presidential-speculation-swirls\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump foe wins crucial Dem primary as 2028 presidential speculation swirls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democratic Gov. Wes Moore <\/a>of Maryland, whom pundits consider a potential 2028 presidential contender, is one step closer to winning re-election this year.<\/p>\n

Moore on Tuesday captured the Democratic gubernatorial nomination<\/a> in the solidly blue Mid-Atlantic state, the Associated Press reports.<\/p>\n

Moore and his running mate, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, easily dispatched a primary challenge from Eric Felber and his running mate, LaTrece Hawkins Lytes. Felber, a physician, unsuccessfully challenged Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin in the 2024 primary in the state’s 8th Congressional District.<\/p>\n

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Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run on the same ticket in Maryland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Democratic ticket will face the winners of a nine-way Republican primary field.<\/p>\n

Moore is running for re-election this year amid speculation that he also is eyeing a run for the White House in 2028, in the race to succeed term-limited President Donald Trump<\/a>. Democrats are expected to field a large and competitive field in the race for their party’s presidential nomination.<\/p>\n

The governor has consistently ruled out running for the White House in 2028, saying that his political focus is on his home state and his 2026 re-election.<\/p>\n

But regardless, Moore remains a top Democratic Party surrogate in national politics. And Moore, a 47-year-old Army veteran, who is also a Rhodes Scholar and was CEO of the charitable organization the Robin Hood Foundation during the coronavirus pandemic, is viewed as a rising star in the party.<\/p>\n

Moore, the nation’s only Black governor<\/a>, has had a combustible relationship with Trump, which has included very public feuds and verbal sparring, and clashes over policy.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Trump initially excluded Moore from a National Governors Association dinner at the White House, charging that the governor was “not worthy” of attending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, whom pundits consider a potential 2028 presidential contender, is one step closer to winning re-election this year. Moore on Tuesday captured the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in the solidly blue Mid-Atlantic state, the Associated Press reports. Moore and his running mate, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, easily dispatched a primary challenge … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}