I am familiar with Maryland. Right now the governor is a Republican (sort of), but the Dems own the state house and he’ll almost certainly be replaced by a wild eyed Dem.
Maryland is a lost cause in my humble opinion.
Who, Larry 'Pooh Bear' Hogan? I was born, raised, and lived 30 years of my life in Maryland. My mother and sister still live in the family home my parents built when I was born, so I know Maryland politics pretty damn good. Hogan does just enough - barely - to keep the (R) by his name. He's otherwise a capitulating RINO who is in favor of the Paris Climate Treaty, banned fracking in the state, signed off on more gun control legislation (like the state needed any more), endorses the DACA program and pulled MD National Guard troops from the border to protest Trump's immigration policies, is pro-abortion, pro-LGTBQ rights, and endorses same-sex marriage. On other issues he's just barely right of center, enough that he's considered the lesser of two evils by conservatives and a tolerable mixed bag by liberals. He makes Mitt Romney look like Ronald Reagan. The only thing that he can hang his political hat on is that he's a fiscal conservative and endorses lower taxes. Otherwise, he's just another career political hack pandering to special interests and the I-95/Beltway clique.
Maryland's been a lost cause for a good thirty years.
You are so right.
Been active in Maryland politics for almost 30 years and it has a been a lost cause since I got here.
Worked with Michael Steele when he became chair of the Prince George’s County Republican Party Central Committee. Loved him back then. He changed big time.
Later dealed with the Governor of Maryland, Ehrilch. What a jaw dropping idiot.
Hogan’s no different. He’s a Rat who got labeled different.