In the News Socially Blue, Fiscally Red: How Marylanders Elected ‘Purple’ Governor Larry Hogan
Among those is Andy Smarick, a former president of the Maryland State Board of Education. He called Hogan’s win “remarkable” in a tweet on Wednesday.
“[Maryland] is a super blue state. Among the bluest. Only two states gave Hillary Clinton a larger margin in 2016,” he said, putting Hogan’s victory into the broader partisan context.
