
Blue-State Republican
How Larry Hogan Won Where Republicans Lose and Lessons for a Future GOP
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Blue-State Republican
How Larry Hogan Won Where Republicans Lose and Lessons for a Future GOP
About this book
Larry Hogan is one of the most popular political figures in the United States today. The two-term Republican governor of Maryland first won his seat after upsetting a favorite of the Democratic political establishment, and then overcame the Trump-driven wave in the heartland of the #resistance to win a second term in 2018.
Blue-State Republican is the remarkable story of how his carefully messaged, pragmatic approach to governance helped build a coalition of moderate and conservative Democrats, independents, women, college-educated and Black voters and maintained his GOP base during a time of polarization and negative partisanship. Mileah Kromer takes readers inside Maryland politics to illustrate exactly how Hogan won where Republicans lose and consider whether the un-Trump Republican offers any lessons for how the GOP can win the center-right voters who continue to make up a majority of the country.
Kromer conducts interviews with key political leaders and insiders, including Hogan himself, to explain the mechanics of his political success. She also provides a cogent analysis of public opinion polls and focus groups, ultimately showing why the success of a blue-state Republican matters outside of his home state, especially as Hogan considers a 2024 Presidential run.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface: The Unofficial Start
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Building a Durable Republican Majority
- 1. They Even Taxed the Rain
- 2. The Uprising and the Honeymoon
- 3. The Nontransferable Endorsement
- 4. Moderating the Trump Effect
- 5. Go Ahead, Call Him a Socialist
- 6. The Anatomy of a Landslide
- 7. Women and Black Voters for Hogan
- Conclusion: The Future of the Hogan Coalition
- Notes
- References
- Index