Moore is just the third Black governor elected in U.S. history.
Maryland's first Black governor — and says the exciting thing about his victory was that"the state spoke with a unified voice."we won: that we were winning in urban areas, rural areas, suburban areas," Moore told CBS News' Gayle King."We just won across the state. Democrats. Independents. And we took a huge swath of Republicans."
Moore defeated Republican candidate Dan Cox on Tuesday with 59.6% of the vote. He campaigned on issues like creating equal opportunity and ending child poverty, and gave a victory speech about maintaining hope in the face of cynicism.
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