BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore‘s (D-MD) initial response to the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore has raised his national profile as a possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidate.

But reopening the Port of Baltimore, reconstructing the bridge, and countering the economic consequences will test the first-term governor’s leadership, now in the national spotlight.

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