Maryland GOP Gubernatorial Primary a Bitter Trump–Hogan Proxy Battle

Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Schultz meets with residents in Baltimore’s Rosemont neighborhood on July 12, touting her plan “to get these streets safe again,” which is “the quickest way to get businesses back, the quickest way to get people good-paying jobs, and to give people opportunities to succeed.” Courtesy of Kelly Schulz for Governor

During and after President Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, there was no love lost between Trump and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who was and remains among the former president’s most outspoken critics from within the Republican Party.

With Hogan term-limited and reportedly pondering a run for the presidency himself, that enmity has carried over into Maryland’s July 19 Republican gubernatorial primary to select the party’s candidate to succeed the popular governor—a Republican twice-elected to lead a Democrat-dominated state.