MD-Sen 2022/WaPo: Hogan +8 over Van Hollen

[Bidenworth2020]

Hogan would come far closer than any other Republican... and would still lose by double digits.

In this present political environment. Now, if Maryland were still more open to electing Republicans at the federal level, like it was forty or fifty years ago, then Hogan would have an excellent shot. The last Republican elected to the Senate from Maryland, who held this very same seat, was Barbara Mikulski's predecessor Charles Mathias, who was a liberal Republican. In his last reelection in 1980, Mathias got 66% of the vote and won every county in the state.

It's unfortunate, really. Hogan would make a fine Senator, as would Charlie Baker.

Not really. Hogan is a pretty party line republican, despite his posturing.

[Bidenworth2020]

Hogan would come far closer than any other Republican... and would still lose by double digits.

In this present political environment. Now, if Maryland were still more open to electing Republicans at the federal level, like it was forty or fifty years ago, then Hogan would have an excellent shot. The last Republican elected to the Senate from Maryland, who held this very same seat, was Barbara Mikulski's predecessor Charles Mathias, who was a liberal Republican. In his last reelection in 1980, Mathias got 66% of the vote and won every county in the state.

It's unfortunate, really. Hogan would make a fine Senator, as would Charlie Baker.

Not really. Hogan is a pretty party line republican, despite his posturing.

And this kind of mentality is pretty much why he doesn't have a chance, at least at running for Senate. But the majority of Maryland voters obviously disagree with you otherwise; if they did agree with you, he would not have been re-elected Governor last year.

I voted for him--- because I appreciate the balance between democratic supermajorities and an R governor, as well as the fact that Jealous would have bankrupted the state, but this fact is true nonetheless, and I know plenty of Hogan Dems who feel the same.