Larry Hogan won the governorship of Maryland twice as a Republican.
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The Dan Bongino ShowOct 19, 2026
Multiple sources confirm Larry Hogan won Maryland's governorship twice, in 2014 and 2018, both as a Republican. The post's present-tense 'wins' is casual phrasing for his two electoral wins, and the claim faithfully reflects the passage.
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… It's stunning. I mean, it's shocking that you and it goes both ways. Like, I can't believe, you know, Illinois didn't have Mark Kirk, or Republican, for the biggest conservative, but you're stunned, like Larry Hogan wins the governorship of Maryland, you know, twice as a Republican. Now, these are Republican examples, but how Democrats get in office, like John Ossoff and Rafael Warneck in the red state of Georgia, is stunning to me, because it's people just stop paying attention to candidate quality. …
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Supports. The AP reports Hogan completed his second term as governor in January 2023, after serving eight years as a Republican in Maryland.[1]
Supports. The Washington Post reported Republican Larry Hogan's 2014 upset win over Democrat Anthony Brown in the Maryland governor's race.[3]
Supports. CBS News reported that Hogan was re-elected in 2018, becoming only the second Republican to win a second term as Maryland governor.[4]
Supports. The University of Chicago's Institute of Politics biography describes Hogan as a lifelong Republican who was elected governor in 2014 and re-elected in 2018.[2]
Supports. The MultiState election record lists Hogan as the Republican winner of the 2014 and 2018 Maryland governor's general elections.[5]
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5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan won't challenge Trump in 2024apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Larry Hogan - Institute of Politics - The University of Chicagopolitics.uchicago.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Republican Larry Hogan wins Md. governor's race in ...washingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Larry Hogan Re-Elected As Maryland Governor, Becoming 2nd Republican To Pull Off 'Impossible' Featcbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Larry Hogan — Maryland | MultiState Electionsmultistate.us · not rated · cited for: supports
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