Wes Moore: State budget deficit

Wes Moore (D) · Governor of Maryland; running for re-election on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot

Topic: State budget deficit

THEN · 2025-07-10

“Turning a deficit into a surplus.”

Source: Post on X by Gov. Wes Moore on the state budget, July 10, 2025
Verified 2026-10-27: exact text found at the source URL.

NOW · 2026-01-17

“We inherited a structural deficit. That’s not my opinion – it's math.”

Source: Post on X by Gov. Wes Moore on the state budget, Jan. 17, 2026
Verified 2026-10-27: exact text found at the source URL.

Context: The July 2025 post refers to the fiscal 2026 budget, which he said turned a $3 billion deficit into a cash surplus (his May 20, 2025 post). The January 2026 post introduced his fiscal 2027 budget. A one-year cash surplus and a longer-term structural deficit can both exist; the posts are shown side by side, not as a claim that either is false.

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