Why Larry Hogan’s campaign says the GOP centrist lost the Senate race
By
Ramsey Touchberry
November 15, 2024 2:31 pm
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Despite high approval ratings and being a twice-elected governor in deep-blue Maryland, former GOP Senate candidate Larry Hogan’s campaign says he faced insurmountable “national factors.”
The “false narrative” from Democratic victor Angela Alsobrooks and the media that the centrist Republican would be the Senate majority-maker as the GOP’s “51st seat” doomed his odds, the Hogan campaign concluded in a post-election analysis.
“Republicans were always nearly guaranteed to control the Senate without Maryland,” chief Hogan strategist Russ Schriefer said in a memo. “However, according to our internal polling, nearly 80% of those voting for Alsobrooks did so for the reason of maintaining Democratic control of the Senate.”
The campaign’s internal polling showed the messaging was baked into voters’ minds as early as June, “suggesting media coverage about Senate control played a bigger role than paid advertising in shaping voter perception,” Schriefer added.
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