Maryland is a deep blue shit hole. It has been for quite a while thanks to the festering canker sore that is Baltimore on one side and overspill from the DC Swamp on the other.
Republicans are going to “lose out” by not having a RINO like Larry Hogan in place who stands for absolutely nothing that real Republicans stand for? Bullcrap. Yes, any real Republican - that is a MAGA Republican - will almost certainly lose the governor’s race in Maryland, but 1) it affirms what the Republican party actually stands for and 2) it denies the RINOs a seat.
Both of those are huge benefits. Every time a RINO loses, America wins.
“festering canker sore that is Baltimore on one side and overspill from the DC Swamp on the other.“
Umm Baltimore and Washington DC are not on opposite sides of Maryland. They are basically 40 miles apart right in the center of the state. Western Maryland, the Eastern shore and other areas far from the I-95 corridor are very conservative but always outvoted by the region right down the middle from the Susquehanna River to the Potomac.