Maryland Senate candidate Larry Hogan has been reaching out to Hispanic and Latino voters in the final stages of the campaign, and his team is hoping that the key demographic will be an unusually competitive race in a deep blue state. We hope that it has the potential to help shake things up.
The Republican team believes Prince County Executive Angela Alsobrooks has a potential vulnerability with Hispanic and Latino voters and is running ads aimed at drawing them away from her. It is expanding.
“Angela wants the Latino vote, but she doesn't have any Latinos on her board. Our community is not her priority,” Hogan said on Spanish radio. One of the campaign's advertisements was told in translation.
On Monday, Hogan's campaign rolled out a new ad in English featuring testimony from Dendry Aguilar, CEO of Centro de Habra Hispana, which operates businesses in Prince George's County.
In the English-language ad, Aguilar praises Hogan, praising him as someone who “can move mountains.” Although he didn't knock out Allbrooks in that spot, Aguilar gave a frank assessment of her governance.
“We suffered a lot under her administration,” Aguilar told the Post. Knock on Alsobrooks to direct funds Away from new police facilities and exploded pandemic policy.
Aguilar also broke the lack of representation in Alsobrook's cabinet. “No one has been appointed to her executive-level position.”
“There aren't any Hispanics.”
Alsobrooks is faced controversy in the past over the lack of Latinos and Hispanics in her cabinet; nevertheless her commitment “To ensure that our Latinx community has a seat at the table and that their voices are always represented.”
Still, Alsobrooks has received support from several groups, including: CASA activities in progress.
Hispanic and Latino voters make up approximately 12.6% of Maryland's population; According to the latest census data And they could be crucial to Mr. Hogan's seemingly difficult fight to pull off an upset in the Senate this term.
Hogan won 48% support from Latino voters in his 2018 re-election bid, compared to Democrat Ben Jealous' 51% support. This was a strong performance for a Republican in a blue wave year. According to the contest survey.
Maryland's Senate race has attracted the attention of party leaders in both parties because of Hogan's track record of winning statewide races for governor in 2014 and 2018. Still, he is a significant underdog in the Senate race.
of cook political report Ranking this race as “likely to be a Democrat”, the latest real clear politics The total gave Albrooks a 9.5 point advantage over Hogan. But at one point last month, that lead hovered around four points.
Importantly, this is a state that President Biden won in 2020 by a margin of about 33 points. The Old Line state has not had a Republican in the Senate since 1987. Maryland also has only one Republican in its eight-member Congressional delegation — Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.).
Hogan sought to appeal to moderates by saying he would not vote for former President Donald Trump, who took a pro-choice stance on abortion and with whom he clashed numerous times during his administration.
Given the Senate's 51-to-49 Democratic split, a single race could change the balance of power in the Senate. Republicans are already expected to flip the seat of outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV).
Republicans are also very optimistic about flipping Sen. Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) seat and eyeing races in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Nevada.
Republicans have a favorable map and only need to defend 11 seats compared to 23 seats tied with Democrats (including three held by independent senators who caucus with Democrats).
