Dems’ Senate ‘Nightmare’ May Have Just Come TrueMary Lou Masters
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February 21, 2024 5:05 PM ET
Former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who was twice elected in Maryland, could crush Democrats’ ability to hold an open Senate seat in the blue state.
Hogan’s surprise Senate campaign and a batch of daunting poll numbers is putting Democrats on defense for the seat they otherwise likely wouldn’t have worried about winning, several Maryland-based political operatives told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“If anyone can flip a blue state, it’s going to be Larry Hogan,” Jim Burton, former state GOP executive director and longtime Republican operative in Maryland, told the DCNF.
Democrats’ hopes of holding a Senate seat in the blue state of Maryland might have just gotten crushed as a widely popular, moderate Republican is now in the running.
Former GOP Gov. Larry Hogan, who was comfortably elected twice statewide, launched a surprise Senate campaign on Feb. 9 for the seat currently held by retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin. After receiving a batch of daunting poll numbers, several Maryland-based political operatives believe Hogan’s candidacy is upending the Democrats’ chances at holding what otherwise would’ve been an easy seat to retain, they told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Republicans view this as a gift, and the Democrats view it as a nightmare,” Paul Ellington, Republican strategist based in Maryland and former state GOP executive director, told the DCNF.
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