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Larry Hogan
Republican
Larry Hogan
Maryland Republican Governor nominee?
$16.1K
JUN 24, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleFormer Governor
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyModerate Republican
Age69 years old (May 25, 1956)
GenderMale
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LocationMaryland
BackgroundPolitician
EducationFlorida State University — B.A., Government and Political Science (1978)
Notable personal detailsLawrence Joseph (Larry) Hogan Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 62nd Governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023. Before being elected governor, he spent more than two decades in the private sector and founded the citizen group Change Maryland in 2011. He later became a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland in 2024.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Larry Hogan has supported and signed multiple large tax-relief packages as governor, emphasizing tax cuts for retirees, small businesses, and consumer exemptions and proposing lower corporate tax rates and business-friendly tax policies. His public materials and actions emphasize reducing the tax burden and providing targeted tax relief rather than expanding taxes or large-scale redistribution.
Healthcare
Supports state-led efforts to expand access and control costs through programs like Maryland’s All-Payer/Total Cost of Care model, has signed laws and initiatives to improve enrollment and maternal/child health, and has publicly opposed large-scale ACA repeal proposals that would cut Medicaid funding. He has also resisted certain abortion-expansion funding decisions while supporting targeted public-health investments.
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Immigration & Border
Supports securing the southern border and tougher enforcement measures (more Border Patrol agents, more immigration judges, fixing the asylum process) while opposing sanctuary policies and vetoing state measures that would limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Has also criticized family-separation policies and expressed support for protections for certain groups (e.g., DACA recipients) in specific instances, indicating some limits on enforcement-first approaches.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate describes himself as pro-choice and has said he would support federal legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and protect abortion access; he also has said he would not support a national abortion ban. As governor he vetoed at least one bill to expand who may perform abortions while stating he would uphold Maryland’s existing abortion laws and protect reproductive decisions for women in the state.
Climate & Energy
Larry Hogan supported and implemented statewide greenhouse-gas reduction goals and state-level clean-energy and resiliency programs while opposing some increases to renewable-energy mandates on cost grounds. His administration issued executive orders and funded energy-efficiency, bay-restoration, electric-vehicle incentives, and a statewide greenhouse-gas reduction plan. He vetoed a stronger renewable portfolio standard increase in 2016 citing costs to ratepayers.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate has a mixed record on gun policy: he signed bipartisan measures such as a red-flag law, a bump-stock ban, and rules to require convicted domestic abusers to surrender firearms, while also vetoing bills that would expand background checks for private sales, impose security requirements on gun shops, and ban ghost guns. His actions combine support for some targeted restrictions and law-enforcement measures with opposition to broader regulatory expansions.
News
AINews Summary
Last updatedMay 23, 2026
Larry Hogan is in the news as Maryland heads toward its June 23 Republican gubernatorial primary. The biggest recent development is a state election error that forced officials to send corrected mail-in ballots after some voters received the wrong party ballot. Hogan is also being discussed in the broader Maryland campaign over cost of living, taxes, and Republican criticism of Democratic policies, including calls for a gas tax holiday and objections to new budget and immigration-related measures.
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Articles
BNBaltimore News3 months ago
Here's what you need to know to vote in Maryland | 2026 Md. Election Guide
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BNBaltimore News18 hours ago
Maryland State Board of Elections starts sending out corrected mail-in ballots after error
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WWTOP2 months ago
Progressive states revive push to tax the rich as wealth disparity deepens across the US
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BNBaltimore News2 months ago
Maryland budget amendment ties police funding to immigration policy compliance
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Polls
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$12.2M
$9.2M
$6.1M
$3.1M
$0
2024
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2024
$12.2M
$153.3K
$12.1M
$504.0K
Cycle 2026
$142.9K
$0.00
$296.3K
$19.8K
Source: FEC
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