Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan acknowledged he isn’t winning over Democrats the same way he did during his two successful election campaigns as governor.
Hogan initially looked like he could build on his popularity and flip the seat long held by Democrats, but polls increasingly show Democratic candidate Angela Alsobrooks putting more and more distance between herself and the former governor.
“The last two elections, I think I got about a third of the Democrats,” Hogan told Politico on his campaign bus. “We’re not quite there. I think we’re in the high 20s at this point.”
The former governor of Maryland has gone to great lengths to appeal to Democratic voters this election cycle.
He has disavowed former President Donald Trump repeatedly, recently saying he won’t vote for him. He has campaigned on an abortion-rights platform rare for most Republicans, even though the party has shifted to the left on the issue. Hogan has often referred to himself as “independent” and has talked about embracing a Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV)-type role for himself — someone who could vote with either party.