Republican Senate Candidate Says He Will Not Vote For Trump

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan has announced he will not be voting for President Trump in the 2024 election.

The former Governor of Maryland, who is looking to defeat Democrat Angela Alsobrooks in a key senate seat, shared in a recent interview that he didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020 and plans not to vote for him in 2024.

Hogan stated, “I’m not running just for the Republican Party. It’s not just about red versus blue, which is what my opponent wants it to be about.”

“I’m concerned about the red, white, and blue and am willing to put country over party, and I’m hoping that the voters will be willing to do the same thing,” added Hogan.

‘Not going to.’

Larry Hogan will not vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming November election despite receiving the former president’s endorsement for his Senate campaign. https://t.co/8xstL0F6M4 pic.twitter.com/aUOviv9QJN

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) September 30, 2024

Here’s what Politico reported:

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will again not be voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, despite Trump’s endorsement of Hogan’s bid for Senate in June.

“I didn’t vote for him in 2016 or 2020,” Hogan said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” to guest host Robert Costa on Sunday, without saying who he would vote for.

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Hogan didn’t vote for Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden in those years either. In 2016, he wrote in his own father, former Maryland Rep. Lawrence Hogan. In 2020, he wrote in former President Ronald Reagan.

“I’m not running just for the Republican Party. It’s not just about red versus blue, which is what my opponent wants it to be about. I’m concerned about the red, white, and blue and willing to put country over party, and I’m hoping that the voters will be willing to do the same thing,” he continued.

Hogan, a Republican, is running against Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, the current county executive of Prince George’s County. If he were to win, he would be the first Maryland Republican to win a Senate race since Charles McC. Mathias in 1980. It is one of the few Senate races expected to determine power in Congress.

Larry Hogan, the governor of Maryland who Trump was nice enough to endorse, says he will not vote for President Trump. These people are a disgrace.

Thought? pic.twitter.com/CYJsvDs1Ej

— Sadie (@Sadie_NC) September 30, 2024

Per WCBC:

Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan told CBS “Face The Nation” that he will not be planning on placing a vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming election. Hogan expresses his dissatisfaction in how Trump has been addressing Democrat Kamala Harris’ campaign platform…

“I think all of that is outrageous and unacceptable, and I’ve already called him out when he had the one interview where he was questioning her racial identity, and now he’s questioning her mental competence, and I think that’s insulting not only to the Vice President, but to people that actually do have mental disabilities. I’ve said for years that Trumps divisive rhetoric is something we could do without. I think he’s his own worst enemy.”