Maryland’s GOP governor nominee ‘not pursuing’ Trump’s backing in race against Wes Moore

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Maryland Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox isn’t courting President Donald Trump’s support in his second campaign against Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), despite the conservative former firebrand state lawmaker being warmly embraced by the president in 2022.

Cox, in a nod to The Old Line State’s blue voting tendencies and a symbol of how he’s moderated some of his more extreme election fraud rhetoric from his first go-around, acknowledged Republicans across the map “have to be smart to win.”

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