Larry Hogan, a Republican businessman, has won his race for governor in Maryland against Democratic lieutenant governor Anthony Brown. The Associated Press projects:
BREAKING: GOP Larry Hogan wins election as governor of Maryland. @AP race call at 12:05 a.m. EST. #Election2014 #APracecall
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) November 5, 2014
Maryland has had a Democratic governor for the past two terms in Martin O’Malley, who won both of his elections with Brown has his running mate.
Hogan was seen as a longshot, though there were indications Democrats were in trouble in Maryland:
And yet there are signs that the governor’s race in Maryland is more competitive than it should be. Voters in the state are being bombarded by harsh ads attacking the Republican, Larry Hogan. Watching the ads, which come from the campaign of Anthony Brown, the Democrat, and the Democratic Governor’s Association, one might think Hogan actually opposes all birth control and favors gun violence. (Questions to the DGA about the veracity of its ads went unanswered.)
