Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he is launching a campaign for the U.S. Senate.
“I’m running for the United States Senate not to serve one party, but to stand up to both parties, fight for the state of Maryland, and fix the broken politics of this country.” Republicans to X I mentioned it in my post. I did that as Governor of Maryland, and that’s exactly how I will serve Maryland in the Senate. Let’s get back to work. ”
Hogan has been a vocal Republican critic of former President Donald Trump, who won the gubernatorial election and re-election in deep-blue Maryland, and is serving a third term vacated by Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, who is retiring. He plans to run for the seat. Elected to the Senate in 2006, he served as a member of the House of Representatives and a state representative for many years. The state hasn’t elected a Republican senator in decades, and more than a dozen Democrats, including U.S. Rep. David Tron and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, have replaced Cardan. He is running for office.
“Fifty years ago, my father, Maryland Congressman Larry Hogan Sr., made a very tough decision. He became the first Republican to come forward to seek the impeachment of President Nixon. “I set aside party politics and my own personal considerations and set out on my own to do what’s right for Maryland and the nation,” Hogan said in a video released Friday. . “Today, Washington is completely broken down because that kind of leadership, that kind of willingness to put country above party, has become all too rare.”
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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan speaks at the Republican Jewish Federation’s annual meeting on November 18, 2022. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
“You know me, Marylanders. For eight years, we have proven that the toxic politics that divide our country need not divide our state,” Hogan continued. “We overcame unprecedented challenges, lowered taxes for eight consecutive years, balanced the budget, and produced a record surplus. And we accomplished it all by finding common ground for the common good. did.”
“Politicians in Washington seem more interested in arguing than actually getting anything done for the people they represent. Enough is enough,” Hogan added. “We can do better, but we can’t do that if we keep electing the same type of stereotypical partisan politicians.”
Hogan recently endorsed Nikki Haley for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. (AP/Julio Cortez)
“I will work with anyone who wants to do the job for our people,” Hogan said. “We desperately need leaders who are willing to stand up to both sides.”
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The campaign announcement comes after Hogan recently endorsed Nikki Haley for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and stepped down as leader of the third-party movement No Labels.
Mr. Hogan, who was a successful businessman before entering politics, is seriously considering running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, and plans to move to New Hampshire in 2022, the state that will host the first primary on the Republican nominating calendar. Visited many times.
But Hogan announced last March that he would not seek the party’s nomination. At the time, we did not exclude the possibility of third parties running without a label.
Maryland’s then-Republican Governor Larry Hogan addresses the audience at “Politics and Eggs” on October 6, 2022 in Manchester, New Hampshire.The lecture series at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics is a must-see for actual or potential presidential candidates (Fox News)
In his final year as governor, Republican leaders in the nation’s capital and Maryland pushed Hogan to run for the Senate in the 2022 midterm elections.
However, Hogan refused at a press conference in February of the same year, saying, “As I have said many times, I do not desire to serve in the United States Senate.”
Two years later, Hogan is now running for the Senate.
“Governor Hogan has been a great leader for Maryland, and that is why he remains overwhelmingly popular in the state,” said Sen. Steve Daines (Montana), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, in a statement. We look forward to welcoming him to the United States.” State Senate. ”
Top super PACs supporting Senate Democrats immediately began targeting Hogan.
“It’s very simple: Larry Hogan’s Senate run is a vanity project, a desperate attempt to hang onto political relevance,” J.B. Porsche, chairman of the Senate Majority PAC, said in a statement. “This is nothing but an attempt.”
