{"id":1457962,"date":"2022-04-29T11:29:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457962"},"modified":"2022-04-29T11:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:29:48","slug":"hoyer-pelosi-endorse-two-different-candidates-in-md-gubernatorial-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hoyer-pelosi-endorse-two-different-candidates-in-md-gubernatorial-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoyer, Pelosi Endorse Two Different Candidates In MD Gubernatorial Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhoyer-pelosi-endorse-two-different-candidates-in-md-gubernatorial-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457962&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer endorsed a Baltimore-based author in Maryland\u2019s crowded Democratic gubernatorial primary Thursday, crossing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who is supporting a former Democratic National Committee head.<\/p>\n<p>Hoyer is throwing his support behind Wes Moore, an Afghanistan War veteran and New York Times bestselling author, in the primary to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. Moore most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/baltimore\/news\/2021\/02\/08\/wes-moore-leaving-ceo-post-robin-hood-foundation.html\">led<\/a> the Robin Hood Foundation, an anti-poverty non-profit, stepping down in 2021 to launch his gubernatorial campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile there are many great candidates in this year\u2019s race, Wes stands out as a candidate whose experience, vision, and talent can lead Maryland toward a brighter future by inspiring our people \u2014 particularly our young people \u2014 to work together to face our toughest challenges,\u201d Hoyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/28\/hoyer-wes-moore-endorse-maryland-governor-00028745\">told<\/a> Politico of his endorsement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am deeply humbled to receive the endorsement of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderHoyer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeaderHoyer<\/a>, who sees the momentum of our movement and knows we have the vision and leadership to deliver economic opportunity for families and lead Maryland into the future. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MooreForMaryland?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MooreForMaryland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DvogipfqKD\">https:\/\/t.co\/DvogipfqKD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wes Moore for Maryland Governor (@iamwesmoore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamwesmoore\/status\/1519866484633346050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<p>The move puts Hoyer at odds with Pelosi, a Baltimore native whose <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.ubalt.edu\/tjd\/pdfs\/R0121_TJD_Intro.pdf\">father<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/obituaries\/bs-md-ob-tommy-dalesandro-20191020-dzzetsbbi5cehdiqupcp5slwca-story.html\">brother<\/a> both served as mayor of the city. Pelosi endorsed former Obama administration Labor Secretary and DNC chairman Tom <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/dnc-chair-tom-perez-running-governor-maryland\/\">Perez<\/a> for the executive role. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2021\/12\/13\/pelosi-endorse-perez-maryland-governor-race\/\">cited<\/a> his electability, as well as being \u201ccompassionate\u201d and a \u201cgood listener\u201d for her support. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/12\/06\/dnc-tom-perez-voters-church\/\">(RELATED: DNC Chair Tom Perez Complains That Voters Influenced By Church)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democrats view the Maryland governorship as one of their biggest pickup opportunities, despite the fact that Hogan is one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/morning-consult-poll-gop-governors\/\">popular<\/a> executives in the country. The state has not <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.maryland.gov\/elections\/1988\/results_1988\/pregapre.html\">voted<\/a> for a Republican presidential candidate since George H.W. Bush in 1988, and has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theus50.com\/maryland\/governors.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elected<\/a> only two Republican governors since 1970.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/politics\/bs-md-pol-hogan-endorses-schulz-20220322-nxkdpquonbdzbnbjw4ietodxfq-story.html\">endorsed<\/a> former Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz to succeed him, while former President Donald Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/politics\/bs-md-pol-trump-cox-20211123-t2x7vcaty5f6vjg2fseaxkanlu-story.html\">endorsed<\/a> Del. Dan Cox. Robin Ficker, a former attorney and well-known basketball <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/dc-sports-bog\/wp\/2015\/06\/02\/robin-ficker-explains-why-he-stopped-heckling-at-basketball-games\/\">heckler<\/a>, is also running in the Republican primary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer endorsed a Baltimore-based author in Maryland\u2019s crowded Democratic gubernatorial primary Thursday, crossing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who is supporting a former Democratic National<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1480986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1457962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1457962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1457962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}