ICYMI: Senator Antonio Hayes Slams Larry Hogan

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Last week, Senator Antonio Hayes published an opinion piece in the Baltimore Sun slamming Larry Hogan’s record.

Senator Hayes unloaded the brutal truth about Hogan’s record in Baltimore stating:

For Hogan, Baltimore was a foil — he constantly overlooked and purposefully underfunded our community because that was what was politically expedient for him. Under his watch, crime skyrocketed, our city averaged nearly a homicide a day — eight straight years of 300-plus homicides a year. Transportation projects fell by the wayside, eliminating opportunities for economic mobility for families in West Baltimore. At every opportunity, he fought our efforts to invest in our schools — our teacher vacancy rate ballooned and our test scores went down.

No matter what Lying Larry says, the facts don’t lie — he purposefully put our state’s largest city down to make himself look better. We had a “governor” who would rather talk about us struggling than do the work to help us succeed together — but those days are over because now Baltimore actually has a real governor.

Since taking office Governor Moore has had to clean up the mess Larry Hogan left in Maryland by jump starting our economy, making our communities safer, and investing in our public schools.

Governor Moore Had To Jumpstart Maryland’s Economy When Larry Hogan Left Office

Larry Hogan stalled Maryland’s economy. During his time in office the state ranked 47th in unemployment. From 2017 to 2022, Maryland’s economy experienced stagnation and severely underperformed the nation and our neighboring states. Our economy was not growing. Today, Maryland has among the lowest unemployment rates and one of the fastest job growth rates in the nation because Governor Moore jumpstarted Maryland’s economy after Hogan wrecked it. In just two and a half years, Maryland has added more than 100,000 jobs, more jobs than Larry Hogan created in eight years combined. The Moore-Miller administration has created over 35,000 new places of business and is creating about 45% more new establishments each month than in 2019, right before the pandemic. That’s stronger growth than the country for the same period.

After Years Of Record Violence Under Larry Hogan, Governor Moore Made Our Communities Safer

Under Larry Hogan, crime soared–Baltimore alone experienced nearly a homicide a day under his watch, and non-fatal shootings and autothefts were at alarming highs. Now under Governor Moore, Baltimore City saw back-to-back years of historic drops in homicides, with the city experiencing just over 200 homicides in 2024–the lowest recorded total since 2011. Now in 2025, Baltimore has the lowest number of homicides at this point in a year in fifty years, and reporting is calling it the “greatest success story” in the country. Across the entire state of Maryland, homicides, non-fatal shootings, and auto thefts have seen significant drops since he took office. Governor Moore made our communities safer and cleaned up the mess Larry Hogan left the state.

Larry Hogan Helped His Family And Friends Profit From His Governorship, While Governor Moore Set A National Standard For Transparency

Larry Hogan made more money in office than any other governor in Maryland history, $2.4 million in just his first three years–he used the Governor’s Office to profit himself, his family, and friends. Over Hogan’s eight years in office, nearly 40% of the competitive affordable housing awards overseen by the governor went to developers listed as clients on Hogan’s website. He also approved millions for his stepmother’s property development as Governor. His corruption was so blatant it forced the state legislature to pass a law that requires the governor to place their assets in a blind trust or divest. Within months of entering office, Governor Moore placed his assets in a blind trust because he knew that’s what the people of Maryland deserve–a leader who isn’t in it for themselves.

Governor Moore Addressed The Structural Deficit Larry Hogan Left By Fighting For Working Families And Ensuring The State’s Fiscal Stability

Larry Hogan refused to work with the Maryland General Assembly to address a major structural deficit forecasted in the state since 2017. Governor Moore worked with the leaders of the general assembly to turn that inherited $3B deficit into a $315M surplus while providing 94% of Marylanders with a tax cut or no change in their income taxes, and making the single largest cut to a Maryland State Budget in 16 years. The governor also ensured that Maryland’s rainy day fund remained at 8%—more than the recommended amount. Instead of kicking the can down the road like Larry Hogan, Governor Moore protected working families and asked Marylanders who have done exceptionally well to put forward just a little more, to grow Maryland’s economy and ensure the long-term fiscal stability of the state.

Larry Hogan Left Our Students Behind. Governor Moore Invested In Them

Larry Hogan vetoed a historic plan to address Maryland’s educational crisis. His inaction led to a massive teacher shortage in the state, which studies show leads to lower test scores. But now, for three years in a row, Governor Moore has put record funding into Maryland’s public schools. He continued the fight to ensure our children have access to the best public education possible by leading the charge this year to put a historic $9.8 billion investment this year in K–12 schools. In his first year, the governor committed to tackling Maryland’s teacher shortage crisis by passing the Maryland Educator Shortage Reduction Act, and now, just two years later, the teacher vacancy rate has dropped 25%. These record investments and historic actions are showing results across the state, with recent reporting showing that statewide, nearly every single grade has made improvements in reading and math scores. After Larry Hogan left our students out to dry, Governor Moore stepped up to make sure we invested in them.

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