MD Gov: Hogan Continues to be Very Popular

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He could still lose in 2018 with a president trump and a strong challenger

The only real Democratic bench here is Martin O'Malley, Anthony Brown, Ken Ulman, John Sarbane, Mark Shriver, and the Mosbys.

There have been rumblings about John Delaney (MD-06) running in 2018. He could self fund too.

Especially if the courts order redistributing due to the pending lawsuit. His district is the one being sued, no way a nonpartisan panel will consider the current MD-06 fair.

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He could still lose in 2018 with a president trump and a strong challenger

The only real Democratic bench here is Martin O'Malley, Anthony Brown, Ken Ulman, John Sarbane, Mark Shriver, and the Mosbys.

There have been rumblings about John Delaney (MD-06) running in 2018. He could self fund too.

"Rumblings" lol. Everyone knows Delaney is running, he's already commissioned polls, lol.

Your bench: O'Malley is not ever running for anything again, Brown is gonna be in Congress, Ulman maybe, Sarbanes is staying in congress, Shriver lol no, Mosbys are staying in Bmore.

Mizeur is very likely to run and has a lot of good will (everyone believes we'd have beat Hogan with her as the nominee). Cummings could run, but prolly won't, same for Dutch.

Is Delaney definitely running, or is there a chance he sits and waits for 2022, especially if it looks like Hogan is polling well? I understand Mizeur needs a way to stay in the conversation, but it seems like Delaney has more to gain by waiting for a later date.

Are there any rumors of Cardin retiring, or is that seen as unlikely? Could a national figure like O'Malley or Perez replace him?

If Cardin retires, wouldn't Sarbanes want to run for his father's old seat? He also represents MD-03, the seat both Cardin and Mikulski once held (it's common for Representatives from that seat to run for Senate).