{"id":2237360,"date":"2024-05-04T20:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T00:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-hogans-big-bet-on-being-stuck-in-the-middle\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T20:22:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T00:22:15","slug":"larry-hogans-big-bet-on-being-stuck-in-the-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-hogans-big-bet-on-being-stuck-in-the-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Hogan&#8217;s Bold Gamble on Embracing the Middle Ground"},"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\">18<\/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%2Flarry-hogans-big-bet-on-being-stuck-in-the-middle%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=2237360&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--><p>Former Maryland\u2064 Governor Larry\u200b Hogan, a centrist Republican running for\u2062 the Senate in Maryland, boldly embraces criticism from\u2063 both ends of the political spectrum. At\u2063 a \u200ccampaign event, \u2064he humorously referenced the song &#8220;Stuck in the Middle with You,&#8221; symbolizing his \u200bposition.\u200b Hogan \u200daims to \u2064bring unity and practical solutions to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-app-lets-you-see-just-how-left-wing-products-are-as-you-grocery-shop\/\" title=\"Check out the new app that reveals the left-wingness of products while you shop!\">divided political landscape<\/a>, distinguishing himself as a bipartisan leader.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>DAVIDSONVILLE, Maryland \u2014<\/strong> Former Maryland Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/larry-hogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Larry Hogan\">Larry Hogan<\/a> isn\u2019t shying away from being a political punching bag for liberals and conservatives as a centrist Republican running for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate \">Senate <\/a>in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate \">Maryland<\/a>. In fact, he\u2019s embracing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,\u201d Hogan told a crowd of supporters at a campaign event Saturday as he was introduced to the tune of Stealers Wheel\u2019s \u201cStuck in the Middle with You.\u201d \u201cHere I am, stuck in the middle with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-rep-david-valadao-flips-california-house-seat-its-the-third-pickup-in-the-state-for-republicans\/\" title=\"Former GOP Rep. David Valadao flips California House seat. It's the third pickup in the state for Republicans.\">deep blue state<\/a>, Hogan\u2019s core message to voters is synonymous with the famous track \u2014 and why the former two-term governor quipped to reporters that it should become his campaign\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-nephew-releases-song-dissing-target-already-has-over-a-million-views\/\" title=\"'Trump's Nephew' drops song dissing Target, goes viral with 1M+ views.\">official theme song<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan is running to become the first Republican elected to the Senate in Maryland since 1980 in the open seat being vacated by retiring longtime Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD).<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cdivisiveness and dysfunction\u201d to fester in the capital city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems as if the loudest and angriest voices get all the attention,\u201d Hogan said. \u201cIt seems like they\u2019re more interested in arguing and screaming at one another on Twitter rather than coming together to try to come up with common sense solutions to the serious problems that face us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hogan boasted to reporters that he\u2019s \u201cprobably the best one in the country\u201d at being willing \u201cto stand up to the current president, the former president, the other party, or my own party.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan addresses supporters during a campaign fundraiser on Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Davidsonville, Maryland. (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With early voting already underway in the <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.maryland.gov\/elections\/2024\/Primary_candidates\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Old Line state's primaries\">Old Line State\u2019s primaries<\/a>, Hogan will find out on May 14 which Democrat he\u2019ll go head-to-head with in the general election: Rep. David Trone (D-MD) or Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. Hogan has catapulted Maryland\u2019s contest to one of the most closely watched races in the country with control of the Senate hanging in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan insisted it doesn\u2019t matter which Democrat he faces in November because he\u2019s \u201crunning against the broken politics and the system in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not running for one party or against one party,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cEither way, I\u2019m a huge underdog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s most favorable Election Day map in over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recently cited Maryland as one of four most prominent states to flip. Still, Hogan said he expects only limited outside help from national Republicans such as McConnell and the party\u2019s Senate campaign arm as it tries to secure victories in battleground races in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan revealed he\u2019s had only \u201cone brief conversation with McConnell\u201d this campaign cycle and said he spoke more to the Senate GOP leader when the Kentucky Republican tried to recruit the former Maryland governor to run to unseat Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re very limited in what they can do,\u201d Hogan said. \u201cI assume that they\u2019re going to give us all the help they can if I\u2019m the Republican nominee, but that\u2019s not going to win the race for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hogan\u2019s visceral dislike of former President Donald Trump, a position he\u2019s unapologetic about even as a Republican, has undoubtedly alienated GOP voters. But Hogan is betting that his middle-of-the-road style politics can create a surge of split-ticket voters who will break Democrats\u2019 decadeslong hold on Maryland\u2019s Senate seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf [voters] just want to vote party line, obviously I\u2019m not going to be elected,\u201d Hogan said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Davidsonville, Maryland, ex-Governor Larry Hogan bravely positions himself as a centrist Republican Senate hopeful, willingly enduring criticism from both liberals and conservatives. Embracing his role as a political target, Hogan humorously stated, &#8220;Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,&#8221; at a campaign gathering, showcasing his resilience in the face of opposition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2237361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/050424_HOGAN-3-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/050424_HOGAN-3-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237360","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}