He is a middle of the road politician who has spent the past two years plotting his next candidacy (-ies).
Maryland is almost pure D, except for the far West near WV and the Easter Shore. Both areas are sparsely populated and rural.
The DC to Baltimore corridor is where the population center is in Maryland. I lived in this corridor for 10 years. In the 1990s, we escaped to NC and never looked back.
Been in HoCo for decades. The only Republicans who like Hogan are uninformed and/or Trump haters. Trump has a lot of more support in central Maryland compared to previously. I was really surprised to see the mid-20’s crowd go from not liking Trump to full support of him.