Wes Moore

Some of them are legit.

Sometimes when you're really wrestling with something, being a governor sometimes can be lonely.

And there's not many people you can call up who, when you have a conversation with them, you don't always have to provide context.

And some of those folks you mentioned are some of the people who I will call up when I don't have time to provide context.

And they'll just give me their thoughts and their advice.

And so some of them are just legit friends.

The thing I will say- You're going to compete against a lot of these guys.

Well, no.

Well, the thing I'll say is this.

If you ask people, because this is the equivalent of 2020, right?

If you ask people in 2020, if you went to a Marylander in 2020 and say, you know what?

Your next governor is going to be Wes Moore.

You know what most Marylanders would have said?

Who the hell is Westmore?

They had no idea who I was.

And so I just think the whole idea of who is the front runner, who is this, who is that, in 2026, about 2028, is, you know, I think history has shown that, you know, that that's not something that people pay much attention to.

There's not as much with them.

I actually got to know J.D.

years ago.

And actually, ironically, it was because I wrote a book called The Other Westmore.