S4 Ep32: Larry Hogan: The Most Democratic Republican (with Michael Steele)

The Focus Group Podcast

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🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

One of Sarah's favorite Republicans, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, is running for the U.S. Senate. So how are Sarah, and her fellow Maryland voters thinking about this race? Former Maryland Lt. Governor (and RNC chairman) Michael Steele joins Sarah to discuss how left-leaning Marylanders who've voted for Hogan before are thinking about his Senate bid, and his Democratic challengers.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the focus group podcast I'm Sarah
0:09.4	Longwell publisher of the Bullwork and this week we're going to talk about a US Senate race
0:15.8	that many of you have written in asking me what I think about it. That Senate
0:20.4	race is in Maryland and to be, I am somewhat conflicted about it.
0:25.2	Republicans are going to nominate Larry Hogan, a popular two-term governor who's
0:29.5	been a consistent Trump critic. He's the only Republican to make this race even remotely
0:35.6	competitive. Now I am a bit of a Larry Hogan fan girl and I even tried to
0:40.9	recruit him to run against Trump in 2020.
0:44.4	But as much as I hope a Senator Hogan
0:46.7	would be a Mitt Romney-style Trump critic,
0:49.2	he'd be a step toward a bigger Republican majority, and I'm loved to give this mega version of the
0:56.5	Republican Party any more power, especially when we are staring down the barrel of
1:01.3	a second Trump administration.
1:03.6	This race will be decided by Democratic-leaning voters in Maryland
1:06.4	who once crossed over and voted for Hogan as governor.
1:10.2	Today we're going to hear how they're thinking about Hogan's Senate
1:12.4	bid and his Democratic challengers.
1:15.0	My guest today is Michael Steele, former lieutenant governor of Maryland and chairman of the Republican
1:19.6	National Committee, and current host of the Michael Steele podcast as well as the weekend on
1:25.2	MS NBC which airs on the weekend. He was also a Republican nominee for this very US Senate seat in 2006.
1:35.0	Michael, my friend, thanks for being here.
1:38.0	Hey Sarah, it's so good to be a part of this conversation with you.
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