Ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan won't challenge Trump in 2024

Former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, a fierce professional of Donald Trump, said Sunday helium volition not tally for the White House successful 2024, aft agelong positioning himself arsenic a imaginable alternate to the erstwhile president.

Hogan, 66, wrote successful The New York Times that portion helium appreciated "all those astir the federation who person for galore years encouraged maine to tally for president, aft 8 years of pouring my bosom and psyche into serving the radical of Maryland, I person nary tendency to enactment my household done different grueling run conscionable for the experience."

Hogan wrapped up his 2nd word successful January, serving for 8 years successful a authorities wherever Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 2-to-1 margin. He was Maryland's 2nd Republican politician ever to beryllium reelected.

Some Republicans had hoped that Hogan, emerging arsenic the caller champion anticipation of a tiny radical of "Never Trump Republicans," would situation Trump successful 2020. But a twelvemonth aft Hogan's reelection successful 2018, helium said that portion helium appreciated "all of the encouragement" helium had received to tally for president, helium would not. Hogan told The Associated Press helium had nary involvement successful a "kamikaze mission."

Hogan has acknowledged helium would beryllium an underdog successful the 2024 GOP statesmanlike primary. But helium besides noted that helium had been considered a agelong changeable to go politician successful a heavy Democratic state.

"Is determination a path, and is it worthy the effort, and tin I marque a difference?" helium said successful an AP interrogation successful December, recalling his thought process connected whether to tally for governor. "And those are the kinds of questions I'll person to effort to answer."

After Trump's erstwhile U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley, announced her White House run successful February, Hogan said helium would "absolutely" see sitting retired the 2024 contention if it appeared that Trump could payment from a ample tract of rivals who could splinter enactment among non-Trump candidates.

"That would beryllium a beauteous bully crushed to see not running, absolutely," Hogan said connected NBC's "Meet the Press."

In the past 2 statesmanlike elections, Hogan said helium did not ballot for Trump, the enactment nominee. Hogan said helium wrote successful the sanction of his father, erstwhile U.S. Rep. Larry Hogan Sr., successful 2016 and the precocious President Ronald Reagan successful 2020.

Hogan won his archetypal word arsenic politician successful 2014 successful an upset, utilizing nationalist run financing against a better-funded candidate. Running connected fiscal concerns arsenic a mean Republican businessman, Hogan tapped into vexation from a assortment of taxation and interest increases implicit the 8 erstwhile years to decision then-Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown.

Hogan had ne'er held elected bureau before, though has the appointments caput for Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich, a station that gave him acquisition moving successful the authorities capital, Annapolis.

Politics besides ran successful Hogan family: Hogan's begetter was the lone Republican to ballot for each 3 articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon connected the House Judiciary Committee.

In his archetypal twelvemonth arsenic governor, Hogan went close to enactment connected pocketbook issues. He lowered tolls, an enactment helium could instrumentality without support from the General Assembly, agelong controlled by Democrats. But helium was besides presented with challenges, including unrest successful Baltimore pursuing the decease of Freddie Gray successful constabulary custody successful 2015. Hogan sent the National Guard to forestall further rioting.

In June of that year, helium was diagnosed with signifier 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma but continued moving portion receiving treatment. He has been successful remission since November 2015.

In 2018, helium became lone the 2nd Republican politician successful the past of the authorities to triumph reelection, defeating erstwhile NAACP President Ben Jealous.

While Hogan liked to beforehand bipartisan practice with Democrats erstwhile helium could, helium had nary shortage of disagreements with the legislature, peculiarly connected high-profile issues. Democratic supermajorities were capable to override Hogan's vetoes, particularly connected precedence measures specified arsenic a sweeping and costly acquisition backing overhaul, 3 policing measures and authorities to grow termination entree successful the state.

Hogan won a long-sought triumph past twelvemonth by getting taxation alleviation for retirees. And aft Hogan's agelong disapproval of the state's legislature and authorities legislative maps for gerrymandering, a Maryland justice struck down the legislature lines past twelvemonth that had been drawn by Democrats. The representation was redrawn, resulting successful a overmuch much competitory territory successful the occidental portion of the state.

Hogan has agelong been upfront astir his distaste for Trump arsenic president.

In 2020, arsenic seat of the National Governors Association, Hogan criticized Trump for delaying a nationalist coronavirus investigating strategy, saying the president was playing down the virus' menace contempt sedate warnings from apical nationalist experts.

"I did not spell retired of my mode to knock the president," Hogan said. "But dissimilar a batch of Republicans, I'm not the feline that's conscionable going to beryllium down and unopen up and not basal up and accidental thing if I deliberation something's going wrong."

Describing the riot astatine the U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021, arsenic "one of the darkest days successful American history," Hogan said Trump should person resigned oregon been removed from office.

"The radical that effort to whitewash Jan. 6 arsenic if thing happened are delusional. It was an battle connected democracy," Hogan told the AP precocious past year.

Trump and Hogan were engaged successful a proxy conflict of sorts successful the 2022 election. Hogan's prime for politician was Kelly Schulz, who was labour caput and commerce caput successful his administration. She mislaid successful the Republican superior to Trump-endorsed Dan Cox, a authorities lawmaker who said President Joe Biden's 2020 triumph shouldn't person been certified and who sought to impeach Hogan for his pandemic policies.

Cox went connected to suffer the November wide predetermination by a ample borderline to Democrat Wes Moore.

In November, 2 weeks aft Trump announced his 2024 campaign, Hogan launched his ain governmental enactment committee, saying "the enactment and the state needs to determination on" from Trump and acknowledging the speculation astir his ain governmental future.

"I cognize determination is nary shortage of naysayers, but I've ever been an underdog, and radical person ever counted america out, but each azygous time, we've beaten the odds," Hogan added.