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BALTIMORE, MD. - During an appearance on NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he's ruling out running for president in 2028, after months of speculation .

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Moderator Kristen Welker asked him whether he planned to run directly, to which the Democrat responded twice: "Yeah, I'm not running for president." He reiterated the sentiment again when Welker asked a third time to confirm. Instead, he emphasized his interest in serving another term as Maryland's governor.

"I’m so excited by what we’re doing, that we’ve gone from 43rd in the country in unemployment to now one of the lowest unemployment rates," he said. "We’ve had among the fastest drops in violent crime anywhere in the United States of America, our population is growing, Mar

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