The GOP’s now the GTP : Grand Trump Party

MARYLAND, my home state, is considered to be one of the nation’s leading “blue” or Democratic-leaning states, which has been led in the last six years by a proud Republican, Governor Larry Hogan.

Hogan is regarded as one of the country’s most popular governors, and in a state with a clear majority of Democratic voters, who outnumber Republican voters 2 to 1, he has easily beaten his Democratic rivals in the last two gubernatorial elections. In fact, in the 2018 election Hogan won the most votes of any governor in Maryland history. But unfortunately for Governor Hogan and for the residents of the mid-Atlantic state, his tenure in office is limited to two terms and he cannot run in the 2022 gubernatorial election.

That Governor Hogan has remained popular among the majority of Marylanders, including Democrats, is explained in part by his support for centrist political positions on major policy issues, including abortion, gun control, gay rights and immigration.