Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will publish a book next March about healing the country’s political divisions, as speculation continues about whether he might seek presidential ambitions for 2028. Titled “Repair: Healing a Divided Nation,” the 320-page book is scheduled for publication March 9 by Henry Holt & Co. Moore described it in a social media post Wednesday as an examination of what Americans ...

Wes Moore celebrates the Democratic Party's wins and discusses affordability with reporters on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026.

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will publish a book next March about healing the country’s political divisions, as speculation continues about whether he might seek presidential ambitions for 2028.

Titled “Repair: Healing a Divided Nation,” the 320-page book is scheduled for publication March 9 by Henry Holt & Co. Moore described it in a social media post Wednesday as an examination of what Americans can do “to rebuild, but differently, and what we need to protect at all costs.”

Henry Holt & Co. declined to answer The Baltimore Sun’s questions about whether Moore used a co-author, what experiences from his time in Maryland government he discusses in the book, and whether he plans to promote it in Maryland. The publisher referred The Sun to its press release.

Although he said earlier this year that he did not plan to run, he declined during an October debate with Republican challenger Dan Cox to explicitly pledge that he would serve a full second term if reelected.

Books have long offered politicians a platform to introduce themselves to voters beyond their home state and lay out a national message. But Moore’s call for Americans to bridge political divisions could also invite questions about his own political record, particularly his support for redrawing Maryland’s congressional map in a way that could eliminate the state’s only Republican-held district.

“One of the questions he’s probably going to face is that if Democrats move forward with their plan to redistrict mid-cycle and create all Democratic districts: is that really how you go about healing divides when you redraw a state to effectively silence a state’s minority?” said Todd Eberly, a politics professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

Moore’s previous books, questions about his background

Moore could also face renewed scrutiny over the accuracy of his previous books. A 2022 Baltimore Sun report found that some editions of his 2010 memoir, “The Other Wes Moore,” included an inaccurate back-cover synopsis describing the two men at the center of the book as having been born blocks apart. Moore was actually born more than three years later than the other Wes Moore and not in Baltimore. Separately, a recent Spotlight on Maryland report examined questions about Moore’s descriptions of his military service.

Matthew Crenson, professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins University, argued that there’s already been extensive coverage of the governor’s record. “There comes a point when this (Wes Moore Bronze Star story) wears out,” Crenson said.

Moore’s memoir is a book about his connection to a Baltimore man with the same name who was convicted of murder, and “The Work: My Search for a Life that Matters,” a 2015 book about the value of work and service.

A familiar route to a national profile

Other 2028 presidential contenders have published books in recent months detailing their time in office.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear released one in September, and California Govs. Gavin Newsom and Josh Shapiro released theirs in February and January, respectively.

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan published a book examining the country’s polarized political climate in 2020, a year after speculation that Republican operatives were recruiting him in 2019 to run for president. Hogan declined to run in 2019, instead focusing on his re-election campaign.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, also published a book on how to govern successfully in the age of technology. However, his book came out after he lost.

“It’s different for everybody. I didn’t publish my book until after I was unable to win in 2016,” O’Malley said of presidential candidates writing books to boost their platforms. “Mine was very much a practitioner-focused book.”

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