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Wes Moore Headed for Landslide Win in Maryland

October 27, 2022 at 1:26 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Baltimore Sun poll in Maryland finds Wes Moore (D) crushing Dan Cox (R) in the race for governor, 58% to 27%.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Wes Moore Headed for Landslide Win in Maryland

October 1, 2022 at 9:38 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Washington Post/University of Maryland poll find Wes Moore (D) with a 32-percentage point lead over Dan Cox (R) in the Maryland governor’s race, 60% to 28%.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Dan Cox Deletes Account on White Nationalist Site

August 24, 2022 at 12:07 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Maryland Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox has deleted his account on Gab, a social media platform known as an online hub for hate speech and white nationalists, and his campaign website no longer notes his fight against certifying the 2020 presidential election results,” the Washington Post reports.

“Cox deleted more than 1,000 posts in striking his profile from the site, which welcomes users banned from other platforms.”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov


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Larry Hogan Says GOP Nominee Is ‘Mentally Unstable’

August 18, 2022 at 10:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) “has ratcheted up the rhetoric about gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox (R), describing him earlier this week as mentally unstable,” the Washington Post reports.

“Hogan, who has previously called Cox a ‘QAnon whack job,’ described the GOP nominee as ‘a nut’ during a recent radio interview and reiterated his prediction that Cox has ‘no chance whatsoever’ of being elected as Maryland’s governor in November.”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Larry Hogan Won’t Support GOP Nominee in Maryland

July 21, 2022 at 7:31 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) will not support Dan Cox (R) as the Republican nominee for governor following the major primary election upset declaring him the winner, the Baltimore Sun reports.

Washington Post: Where does Larry Hogan go from here?

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Quote of the Day

November 23, 2021 at 8:20 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Personally, I’d prefer endorsements from people who didn’t lose Maryland by 33 points.”

— Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), quoted by The Hill, shortly after Donald Trump announced that he was endorsing Maryland state Del. Daniel Cox (R) for governor in next year’s GOP primary.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Bonus Quote of the Day

October 15, 2021 at 12:35 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I’m going to be the first Black governor Maryland has ever had.”

— Robin Ficker (R), who is white, quoted by the Washington Post.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Michael Steele Exploring Bid for Maryland Governor

July 22, 2021 at 7:32 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Maryland Matters: “Michael Steele, the former lieutenant governor and one-time chairman of the Republican National Committee, has created an exploratory committee ahead of a possible run for governor in 2022.”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Tom Perez Running for Maryland Governor

June 23, 2021 at 6:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Tom Perez, who spent the last four years leading the national Democratic Party, is launching a campaign to be Maryland’s next governor,” the Baltimore Sun reports.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Gansler Will Run Again for Maryland Governor

May 26, 2021 at 9:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler (D) is making another attempt to become Maryland governor, the Baltimore Sun reports.

Gansler’s previous bid fell apart when he was photographed at a house party with dozens of drunk teenagers.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Ex-Obama Official to Run for Maryland Governor

April 20, 2021 at 11:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. (D) is launching a campaign for governor of Maryland, joining a nascent but growing field of candidates vying to replace term-limited Gov. Larry Hogan (R) in the 2022 election, the Baltimore Sun reports.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Hogan’s Win In Maryland Did Not Improve GOP Prospects

November 12, 2018 at 11:22 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “Party leaders have largely rationalized Larry Hogan’s (R) resounding victory over former NAACP chief Ben Jealous as an anomaly.”

“Hogan sought to flip enough legislative seats to break the super­majority Democrats have held in both chambers for nearly 50 years. Instead, he faces a Senate with more left-of-center Democrats and a House of Delegates with an even larger supermajority — Democrats picked up at least five seats in that chamber.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Hogan Holds Massive Lead In Maryland

October 9, 2018 at 4:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has built a formidable lead over challenger Ben Jealous (D), 58% to 38%,”with few voters undecided, and most preferring the incumbent Republican even on key Jealous policy issues such as health care and education.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Hogan Holds Huge Lead In Maryland

September 19, 2018 at 9:41 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Goucher Poll in Maryland finds that likely voters favor Gov. Larry Hogan (R) over challenger Ben Jealous (D) by a margin of 54% to 32%.

Key finding: “In addition to Hogan securing his Republican base by large margins, the poll found he had the support of 38 percent of Maryland Democrats, who outnumber GOP voters in the state by more than 2 to 1.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Hogan Holds Comfortable Lead for Re-Election

August 14, 2018 at 8:13 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Gonzales Research poll in Maryland finds Gov. Larry Hogan (R) leading challenger Ben Jealous (D) by 16 points, 52% to 36%.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: MD-Gov

Hogan Says He Would Reject NRA Endorsement

July 21, 2018 at 4:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) “told a group of students from Great Mills High School, where a 16-year old girl was killed earlier this year, that he would” reject an NRA endorsement, the Washington Post reports.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign, Gun Control Tagged With: MD-Gov

Jealous Will Take on Hogan In Maryland

June 26, 2018 at 10:46 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Former NAACP chief Ben Jealous declared victory in Maryland’s Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, promising to deliver a progressive agenda that makes college free, legalizes marijuana and raises the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour,” the Baltimore Sun reports.

“Bolstered by support in the Baltimore region, spending from outside groups and an aggressive union-backed turnout machine, Jealous emerged from the six-way primary as Democrats’ bet to take on popular Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in November.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: MD-Gov

Most Democrats Approve of Hogan In Maryland

June 11, 2018 at 9:10 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Baltimore Sun poll in Maryland finds that 60% of Democrats who say they’re likely to vote in their party‘s primary this month approve of the job Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is doing.

Worse for Democrats, nearly a fourth of likely voters in the Democratic primary plan to vote for Hogan in the November general election.

“In a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 in voter registration — and where Republican President Trump is deeply unpopular — Hogan has managed to persuade many in the state’s majority to consider crossing party lines for him.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: MD-Gov

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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