He's extremely well liked, he's made it no secret that he's a big Hogan fan and he declined to endorse Jealous. That and the Republican was a complete and total unknown.
The fact that the Republican's name was "Anjali Reed Phukan" probably didn't help matters either.
Lol at Cecil County still voting Republican though. I went to visit family there as a kid pretty often and it was like stepping into Alabama.
The last time I was there (about 3 years ago), I immediately saw a pickup truck with a license plate that had the flag of the Northern Virginia Army on it (what we commonly refer to today as "the confederate flag".
Still, it's impressive that Franchot got with 3% of carrying it.