Larry Hogan

Not to be confused with Harry Logan.
This article is about the governor of Maryland. For his father, a former U.S. representative from Maryland, see Lawrence Hogan.

Larry Hogan
Hogan in 2021
62nd Governor of Maryland
In office
January 21, 2015 – January 18, 2023
LieutenantBoyd Rutherford
Preceded byMartin O'Malley
Succeeded byWes Moore
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office
July 26, 2019 – August 5, 2020
DeputyAndrew Cuomo
Preceded bySteve Bullock
Succeeded byAndrew Cuomo
Vice Chair of the National Governors Association
In office
July 21, 2018 – July 26, 2019
Preceded bySteve Bullock
Succeeded byAndrew Cuomo
Secretary of Appointments of Maryland
In office
January 15, 2003 – January 17, 2007
GovernorBob Ehrlich
Preceded byErin L. Castleberry[1]
Succeeded byJeanne Hitchcock
Personal details
Born
Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr.

(1956-05-25) May 25, 1956 (age 68)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Other political
affiliations		No Labels[2]
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Parent
RelativesPatrick N. Hogan (half-brother)
EducationFlorida State University (BA)
Signature
Larry Hogan's voice
Larry Hogan announces the launch of the Tier 2 NEPA study on a second Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Recorded June 10, 2022

Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 62nd governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party and son of three-term U.S. representative Lawrence Hogan, he served as co-chair of the centrist organization No Labels from 2020 to 2023, chair of the bipartisan National Governors Association from 2019 to 2020, and beforehand as vice chair from 2018 to 2019.

Hogan unsuccessfully campaigned for Maryland's 5th congressional district, his father's old district, in 1981 and 1992, the latter of which was incumbent Steny Hoyer's closest race. He then served in the cabinet of governor Bob Ehrlich from 2003 to 2007 as Maryland Secretary of Appointments. In 2011, Hogan founded the Change Maryland organization, which he used to promote his 2014 gubernatorial campaign. He campaigned as a moderate Republican[3] and defeated Democrat Anthony Brown in the 2014 general election. He was reelected in 2018, defeating Democrat Ben Jealous, to become Maryland's first two-term Republican governor since Theodore McKeldin. He was term limited from running for a third term in 2022 and was succeeded as governor by Democrat Wes Moore, having refused to endorse Moore's Republican opponent, Dan Cox, in that year's election. Hogan left office as one of the most popular governors in the country.[4]

After leaving office, Hogan was initially seen as a likely contender for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election, but he declined to run and later endorsed Nikki Haley instead of the eventual nominee, Donald Trump, whom Hogan had previously opposed in both his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns.[5][6] On February 9, 2024, Hogan filed and launched a campaign for U.S. Senate in Maryland, seeking to succeed retiring incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Cardin.[7] He won the Republican primary election on May 14, 2024,[8] and was defeated by Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks in the general election on November 5, 2024. Hogan's performance was the best for a Republican since 2006, in which Republican lieutenant governor Michael Steele was defeated by Cardin.[9]

  1. ^ "Maryland Governor". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. November 5, 2002. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "No Labels group has 'steep climb,' but third party 'worth trying': Larry Hogan". ABC News. July 18, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Cole, Devan (February 13, 2022). "Moderate GOP governor tears into party's direction: 'I think they're focused on the wrong things'". CNN. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  4. ^ Philippe-Auguste, Dominick (January 17, 2023). "Governor Larry Hogan leaves office with a 77% approval rating, Gonzales Maryland Poll says". WMAR-TV. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  5. ^ White, Brian; Kinnard, Meg (March 5, 2023). "Ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan won't challenge Trump in 2024". AP News. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Haley was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Wood, Pamela (February 9, 2024). "Former Gov. Hogan jumps into U.S. Senate race". The Baltimore Banner. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  8. ^ Bidgood, Jess (May 14, 2024). "Larry Hogan, Maryland's Former Governor, Wins G.O.P. Senate Primary". The New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  9. ^ "Larry Hogan's winning streak comes to an end". The Baltimore Sun. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.