Larry Hogan

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 threeterm congressman Lawrence Hogan he also served as chair of the National Governors Association from 2019 to 2020 Hogan unsuccessfully campaigned for Marylands 5th congressional district in 1981 and 1992 the latter of which was incumbent Steny Hoyers 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 and defeated Democrat Anthony Brown in the 2014 general election He was reelected in 2018 defeating Democrat Ben Jealous to become Marylands first twoterm 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 Hogan left office as among the most popular governors in the country After leaving office Hogan was initially seen as a likely contender for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2024 presidential election but has declined to seek the nomination but is reportedly considering running in the election as a third party candidate Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Hogan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia