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Former Governor Larry Hogan Runs for Maryland Senate Seat
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-governor-larry-hogan-runs-183419300.html ^

Posted on 02/10/2024 3:17:42 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET

Former Republican Governor Larry Hogan announced he will run for Maryland’s open US Senate seat, giving the GOP a strong candidate in a state the party hasn’t carried in a Senate election for decades.

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To: marktwain

Good point. We have binary choices in elections.

I know Larry Hogan is too liberal, for us conservatives here on Free Republic. But what real Choice do Maryland Freepers have, given the choice if Hogan vs. Some radical Liberal Democrat?


41 posted on 02/10/2024 8:10:39 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If I still lived in Maryland, I would vote for him, reluctantly.


42 posted on 02/10/2024 8:17:26 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: j.havenfarm

He got elected primarily because the corrupt Dems in MD screwed things up so badly, similar to when Bob Ehrlich got voted in as Governor in 2002. From where things stand now I don’t think Hogan has much of a chance but as 2024 has unfolded so far you never know what might pop up.


43 posted on 02/10/2024 8:23:31 AM PST by No Party Affiliation
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Squish RINOs from red states are infuriating and I despise them.
However, in states like Maryland where your likely winner would be a Marxist, I’ll take someone who will at least nominally count toward a majority and vote correctly 50% of the time.

A Mitt Romney in solid red Utah is a disaster. But if you could replace blue-state cretins like Patty Murray, Mazie Hirono or Cory Booker with Mitt, it would still be an improvement, given that a MAGA candidate has no hope of being elected in certain areas of the country.


44 posted on 02/10/2024 8:29:48 AM PST by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That’s so cute...)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Former Gov. Larry Hogan: “I am doing everything I can to stop Donald Trump”

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/11/12/sotu-hogan-and-axelrod-full-interview.cnn


45 posted on 02/10/2024 8:47:11 AM PST by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I respectfully disagree. I would vote for a real Republican over Hogan in the primary. But in the general election ANY Republican is better than ANY Democrat.

I will take him in a heartbeat if it helps the Republicans take back the senate. He will definitely vote the wrong way a lot of times, but a (D) will vote the wrong way ALL the time.

I would love it if we could afford to be purists in Maryland, but we can’t.


46 posted on 02/10/2024 10:15:22 AM PST by scouter (As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

His MO is to “fight” conservatives. We don’t need that within the caucus. Susan Collins is not a conservative but she also doesn’t “fight” conservatives and make herself the center of attention to attack and totally undermine her own party. If Hogan went there and was just philosophically more to the left, from a far-left state, that would be one thing. But he would be intentionally trying to sabotage the party at every turn and in the media. So I don’t see him getting elected as beneficial.


47 posted on 02/10/2024 10:31:09 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: napscoordinator

As I recall he voted to impeach as well


48 posted on 02/10/2024 12:30:52 PM PST by blitz128
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To: scouter

Your reasoning is precisely WHY our country is in the mess we have now, once this bastard RINO is in he is there for life betraying us all the way!! I will NEVER vote that way again a RINO is no different than a Dem!!


49 posted on 02/10/2024 12:32:41 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: bigdaddy45

lol and not have they been great. Just kidding(mostly), he did vote for judges, but other than that he has not been supportive of Trump and didn’t he recently say he won’t vote for Trump.


50 posted on 02/10/2024 12:33:01 PM PST by blitz128
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To: Ann Archy
Amen.....he will vote right maybe 50% of the time and a Democrat will vote right 0% of the time. Take the RINO....for now.

If you keep thinking that way, nothing will ever change.

51 posted on 02/10/2024 12:34:30 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: blitz128

True. But impeachment is worthless.


52 posted on 02/10/2024 2:08:02 PM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

So what should I do? Vote for the Democrat to keep a RINO out? I believe it’ll be a close race, and if it’s more important to keep a RINO out than it is to keep a Democrat out, it seems to me that you’re suggesting that I vote for the Democrat.


53 posted on 02/10/2024 3:08:29 PM PST by scouter (As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

BTW, my heart is with you, but my brain says otherwise at this point time and in these concrete circumstances. I’m open to your thoughts and opinions, but really, I’m gonna find it impossible to vote for the Democrat, or refrain from voting in the race, or throwing my vote away on a third party candidate or write-in.


54 posted on 02/10/2024 3:17:45 PM PST by scouter (As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)
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To: dfwgator

I said FOR NOW!!! Take an INCH when you can instead of a YARD BACK!! COME ON!


55 posted on 02/10/2024 4:32:27 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: napscoordinator

It was, so why did he do it?
Mittens was a rino snake, what was the point of his vote?


56 posted on 02/10/2024 4:49:22 PM PST by blitz128
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If there is a 50-50 Senate we can expect Hogan to switch parties officially. But his election will help us get closer to 51.


57 posted on 02/10/2024 5:04:00 PM PST by Theodore R. ( )
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To: Theodore R.

At what cost?


58 posted on 02/10/2024 5:06:25 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

*His MO is to “fight” conservatives. We don’t need that within the caucus.* Let Trump deal with it.

*I don’t see him getting elected as beneficial.* You are misguided-think committee chairmanships. Think getting to 55 seats. We’ll need him.

*If there is a 50-50 Senate we can expect Hogan to switch parties officially. But his election will help us get closer to 51.*
Still you go for it anyway.


59 posted on 02/10/2024 10:23:47 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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