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Wes Moore, Black Democrats aiming to make Maryland history

FILE - Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., left, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, speaks at a news conference on pre-existing health conditions on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 26, 2018. Wes Moore could soon make history if elected Maryland's first Black governor, and he's not alone: Brown would be the state's first Black attorney general. Aruna Miller would be Maryland's first immigrant lieutenant governor, and the first Asian-American elected statewide. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - Maryland Senate President Pro Tem Melony Griffith, left, and House Speaker Adrienne Jones, right, smile at a bill-signing ceremony with Gov. Larry Hogan on April 21, 2022, in Annapolis, Md. Hogan opened his remarks at the event with Jones and Griffith by noting it was the first time two Black women were the presiding officers representing the Maryland House and Senate together at a bill signing. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

FILE - Maryland's Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore, right, and lieutenant governor nominee Aruna Miller walk together during a Labor Day parade in Gaithersburg, Md., on Sept. 5, 2022. Moore could soon make history if elected Maryland's first Black governor, and he's not alone: Rep. Anthony Brown would be the state's first Black attorney general. Miller would be Maryland's first immigrant lieutenant governor, and the first Asian-American elected statewide. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)

Wes Moore, Black Democrats aiming to make Maryland history