Larry Hogan is betting that his embrace of being a political punching bag for the left and right as a centrist Republican will win him Maryland's Senate seat.
“Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,” Hogan told a crowd of supporters at a campaign event Saturday as he was introduced to the tune of Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle with You.” “Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.”
At a barbecue fundraiser attended by several hundred people on a cold and rainy afternoon in Davidsonville, roughly 45 minutes east of Washington, Hogan repeatedly went after Democrats and his own party for allowing “divisiveness and dysfunction” to fester in the capital city. Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan addresses supporters during a campaign fundraiser on Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Davidsonville, Maryland. , Hogan will find out on May 14 which Democrat he’ll go head-to-head with in the general election: Rep. David Trone or Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. Hogan has catapulted Maryland’s contest to one of the most closely watched races in the country with control of the Senate hanging in the balance.
Democrats hold a one-seat majority in the Senate but face a more difficult electoral path to controlling the upper chamber than Republicans, making it the GOP’s most favorable Election Day map in over a decade.
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