On the first day of early voting, Marylanders have a lot of reasons to vote against the GOP’s 51st seat majority maker, Republican Larry Hogan.
Here are 51 reasons Hogan won’t be the next U.S. Senator from Maryland.
- Hogan would be the 51st seat Republicans need to take control of the Senate and push forward an extreme agenda that’s out of touch with Marylanders.
- Hogan is a proud, self-described “lifelong Republican.”
- Hogan promises to caucus with Senate Republicans.
- Hogan was recruited to run by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to hand Republicans control of the Senate.
- Hogan was touted as the “best recruit” of the cycle by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
- Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Hogan winning Maryland’s open Senate seat is key to Republicans regaining the majority.
- Hogan’s campaign is backed by the NRSC, which describes itself as “solely devoted to strengthening the Republican Senate Majority.”
- Hogan’s campaign is bankrolled by Republican mega-donors who are spending millions around the country to flip control of the Senate.
- Hogan’s campaign is bankrolled by billionaires who support Donald Trump.
- Hogan worked closely with and is bankrolled by authors of Project 2025’s main policy document.
- Hogan’s campaign is bankrolled by Senate Republicans who oppose abortion rights.
- Hogan regularly holds fundraisers with anti-abortion rights extremists like Rick Santorum, Brian Kemp, Marsha Blackburn, Paul Ryan, and John Thune.
- Hogan has touted “great voices” in the GOP like anti-abortion extremists Mitch McConnell, Ron DeSantis, Paul Ryan, and Brian Kemp.
- Hogan has a well-documented, extensive record opposing abortion rights.
- Hogan keeps lying to Marylanders about his well-documented, extensive record opposing abortion rights.
- Hogan vetoed legislation in 2022 supported by medical experts to expand abortion access in Maryland.
- Hogan withheld millions in funding to train more abortion providers in the wake of the Supreme Court’s leaked decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
- Hogan called Donald Trump’s Supreme Court picks “incredible justices” months after they helped overturn Roe v. Wade.
- Hogan has repeatedly refused to oppose judicial nominees hostile to abortion rights.
- Hogan won’t support the Women’s Health Protection Act, legislation to guarantee the federal right to abortion.
- Hogan personally campaigned for anti-abortion rights candidates as a top leader at the Republican Governors Association.
- Hogan refused for months as a U.S. Senate candidate to back codifying Roe v. Wade into law.
- Hogan laughed when a reporter asked him if he supports Roe v. Wade.
- Hogan said Maryland’s 2024 ballot measure enshrining abortion rights into the state constitution “wasn’t really necessary.”
- Hogan called abortion “an emotional issue for women.”
- Hogan is endorsed by Donald Trump, who said he’s “proud” of the role he played overturning Roe v. Wade.
- Donald Trump endorsed Hogan after meeting with Senate Republicans to discuss retaking control of the Senate and pushing forward Trump’s extreme agenda.
- Hogan said he’s open to supporting anti-abortion rights extremist Rick Scott for Senate GOP Leader.
- Hogan once ran on banning abortion nationwide.
- Hogan has repeatedly “flirted with the idea of cutting Social Security and Medicare.”
- Hogan vetoed legislation to close loopholes and expand background checks on private gun sales and transfers of rifles or transfers of rifles and shotguns.
- Hogan opposed Maryland’s assault weapons ban passed in the wake of the Sandy Hook Shooting.
- Hogan refused to sign legislation banning ghost guns.
- Hogan vetoed legislation to require gun sellers to have certain security features that would help prevent gun violence.
- Hogan “stayed on the sidelines” when it came to protecting LGBTQ+ rights as governor.
- Hogan refused to sponsor any legislation to expand LGBTQ+ rights or help LGBTQ+ Marylanders access health care or fight discrimination.
- Hogan refused to give up ownership of his private real estate business while in office, enabling him to use the governor’s office to enrich himself.
- Hogan directed ~$90 million in competitive housing awards to his real estate firm’s listed clients, while holding regular meetings with company leadership.
- Hogan voted at least five times to award additional taxpayer dollars to his firm’s listed clients.
- Hogan approved $16 million in competitive housing awards to develop his own family’s property.
- In 2015, Hogan canceled a planned $2.9 billion rail line through Baltimore – then rerouted the funds to transportation projects near properties owned by his real estate investment firm, likely boosting the value of those properties.
- Hogan made $2.4 million during his first three years in office, more money than any other governor in the history of the state and far exceeding his $180,000 annual official government salary.
- Hogan refuses to answer to Marylanders about his mounting conflicts of interests.
- Hogan’s shady behavior as governor led the Maryland Statehouse to unanimously pass legislation to strengthen ethics rules.
- The latest revelations about Hogan’s shady behavior as governor is leading Maryland lawmakers to prioritize stronger ethics rules next session.
- Hogan, his campaign, and his super PAC likely violated campaign finance laws.
- Hogan was a partisan governor, regularly putting party before the people of Maryland.
- Hogan repeatedly tried to stop Maryland’s Attorney General from taking legal action against Donald Trump for policies harmful to Maryland.
- Hogan “amassed a record of vetoing legislation that shows him to be more conservative than his national profile suggests.”
- Hogan’s Republican Party is unified behind Donald Trump.
- Hogan’s Republican allies in the Senate are vowing to enact Trump’s MAGA agenda.
See also: RepublicanLarryHogan.com
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