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When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, agreed to film an advertisement for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s “Disagree Better” initiative, he knew just who he would ask.
It was a Republican from the western side of his state, Mayor Jack Coburn of Lonaconing, who Moore had visited shortly after assuming the governorship. The town was having a water crisis at the time.
Moore said when they first met, the mayor said, “‘Can you do me a favor?’ He said, ‘Turn 360 degrees.’ So I turned 360 degrees. And he said, ‘The only guarantee that you’re getting is you won’t see a Democrat within five miles of anywhere you just looked.’”
The two men struck up a friendship despite their political differences, and Moore said Coburn taught him the importance of friendship and of showing up.