A better effort would be to invest in getting the supermajority in the state house back.
They still have it. Maryland is a 60% veto override state.
Really, I did not know that. NVM then. I guess the next goal is to aim to take lower offices in council and county executives then in places like Ann Arundel, Talbot, Frederick, etc.
Now, on the other hand, if Hogan wins big enough that he succeeds in knocking Dems below 60% in the lower house (they are currently at 64.5%), that would be a major coup for Maryland R's as there are no 2020 state legislative elections. That's almost an automatic R+2 in the House in 2022 and they might even be able to contest control of the lower chamber of the legislature on a court map given how packed MD Dems are.
If Dems ignore the race because Hogan is up 5X/3X and someone unremarkable wins the primary, they could be making a big mistake.
