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On The Record

Wes Moore wants to lead Maryland

Wes Moore is the Democratic candidate running for Governor of Maryland. Photo: Courtesy Wes Moore for Maryland

Democrat Wes Moore is vying to be the Free State’s 63rd governor. We ask how he plans to help still-struggling Marylanders recover from pandemic losses, why he wants high-school graduates to be offered a paid year of public service and how he intends to reduce violent crime.

Links: Wes Moore for Maryland, Voter registration, election judge training, find your polling place.

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'