Even former Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan would concede his U.S. Senate campaign to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) will be difficult based on Democrats’s almost 2-1 voter registration advantage in the sapphire blue state.

But with a poll indicating Hogan has a double-digit edge on the leading Democratic primary candidates, Democrats may have to spend money in the state when they already have to contend with a disadvantageous 2024 map.