{"id":2244669,"date":"2024-05-14T21:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-hogan-glides-to-victory-in-gop-primary-for-maryland-senate-seat\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T21:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T01:04:28","slug":"larry-hogan-glides-to-victory-in-gop-primary-for-maryland-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-hogan-glides-to-victory-in-gop-primary-for-maryland-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Hogan wins GOP primary for Maryland Senate seat"},"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-hogan-glides-to-victory-in-gop-primary-for-maryland-senate-seat%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=2244669&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>Larry Hogan\u200b emerged victorious \u2063in the Maryland Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, defeating\u2064 six GOP rivals with ease. The Associated Press declared\u2064 Hogan \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-gov-andy-beshear-survives-challenge-from-republican-daniel-cameron\/\" title=\"Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear survives challenge from Republican Daniel Cameron\">winner shortly<\/a>\u2062 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">polls closed<\/a>, with Hogan leading with 68% of the votes, showcasing a significant early lead in\u2063 the race. Larry Hogan emerged as the winner\u2064 in the\u200c Maryland Republican primary for the U.S. Senate by defeating six GOP rivals\u2063 effortlessly. The Associated Press announced Hogan&#8217;s victory shortly after the polls closed, with\u2064 Hogan securing an impressive 68% of the votes, indicating \u2063a substantial early lead in the competition.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS <\/strong>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/larry-hogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Larry Hogan\">Larry Hogan<\/a> won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Maryland \">Maryland <\/a>Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, beating six GOP opponents that proved to be little competition for the former two-term governor.  <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"race \">race <\/a>for Hogan at 8:38 ET, less than an hour after the polls closed in Maryland. With only a quarter of the ballots counted, Hogan led with 68% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan will face in the general election this November the winner of the Democratic primary between Rep. David Trone (D-MD) and Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, whose competitive race remained too close to call.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his staunch dislike of the former president, a senior Hogan campaign adviser said that Tuesday night\u2019s primary victory will \u201cgive hope to a lot of people across the country who want to see the Republican Party move past Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan addresses supporters during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-student-loan-chief-allegedly-facilitated-racist-sexist-work-environment-at-cfpb\/\" title=\"Federal Student Loan Chief Allegedly Facilitated Racist, Sexist Work Environment at CFPB\">campaign fundraiser<\/a> on Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Davidsonville, Maryland. (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hogan\u2019s most serious GOP challenger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-the-inside-account-of-how-trumps-pennsylvania-election-lawsuit-fell-apart\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: The Inside Account Of How Trump\u2019s Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Fell Apart\">perennial\u00a0candidate<\/a> and former Maryland House member Robin Ficker, vowed in ads to \u201cstand with Trump\u201d and repeatedly whacked Hogan for his criticism of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Maryland\u2019s deep blue voting habits, Hogan has catapulted the Old Line\u2019s Senate race to one of the most closely watched in the country and presents Republicans with an unexpected opportunity to flip a seat they once considered out of reach as they try to knock Democrats from Senate majority control. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The open Senate seat is currently held by longtime Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), who is not seeking reelection and is retiring from Congress at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan has leaned on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/2991698\/hogan-big-bet-stuck-in-the-middle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"centrist political messaging\">centrist political messaging<\/a> and critique of Republicans and Democrats in Washington throughout the campaign as he\u2019s tried to woo voters of both parties.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Annapolis, Larry Hogan secured victory in the Maryland Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, surpassing six GOP rivals. The Associated Press declared Hogan the winner at 8:38 ET, shortly following the closure of Maryland&#8217;s polls, with a clear lead over competitors in less than an hour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2244670,"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-2244669","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\/2244669","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=2244669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}