Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is headlining another dinner, this time at a prominent Detroit NAACP soiree, despite his insistence that he isn’t running for president in 2028.

The Washington Examiner confirmed his scheduled presence at the dinner, which will take place on June 29. He is going to be a keynote speaker at the dinner weeks after he headlined the Blue Palmetto dinner in South Carolina, hosted by Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC).

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The Detroit NAACP event, titled the “70th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner,” will feature Moore alongside Detroit leaders like NAACP Detroit President Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, Detroit Medical Center Group Chief Executive Officer Brittany Lavis, and Detroit Phoenix Center founder and CEO Courtney Smith.

Chicago-based Trinity United Church of Christ pastor Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr. will receive a lifetime achievement award. Journalist Roland Martin and nonprofit leader Alice G. Thompson will also be honored.

South Carolina was one of the earlier Democratic primary states in 2024, and Michigan is also a state that votes for its preferred Democrat early on. Though Moore has said he isn’t running, his attendance at the dinners stirs speculation that he’s trying to get early backers in key states.

He insists he’s bringing business back to Maryland.

“Well, I’m not running,” he told the Associated Press. “And people should get very used to me going all around the country bringing business back to Maryland.”

Former President Joe Biden spoke at the dinner before he stepped down from the Democratic nomination for president in 2024. Former Vice President Kamala Harris headlined the dinner in 2019 and 2020. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a potential 2028 contender, also spoke at the dinner in 2018.

At the Palmetto dinner, Moore issued a heavy challenge to the crowd. “If you share the same optimism, if you share the same aspirations that I know, if you know in your heart that America can be better tomorrow than it is today then let us refuse to be the party governed by fear and let us have faith that our cause is just and our vision is true,” he said.

The 46-year-old has had a rapid ascent in politics since he was elected as Maryland’s governor in 2023.

The veteran who went to Wolfson College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, received praise for his handling of the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster last year. Prominent Democratic donor George Clooney signaled that Moore is his preferred candidate.

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“Who I think is levitating above [the Democratic field] is Wes Moore. I think he is the guy that’s handled this tragedy in Baltimore beautifully. He’s two tours of duty in Afghanistan, active duty. He speaks sort of beautifully,” he said in a CNN interview.

Other candidates for 2028 under consideration are Harris, Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), Tim Walz (D-MN), and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, among others.