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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do we think Independents in MD will swing?

I for one am voting Hogan.[/quote]
Definitely Hogan. He’s consistently been anti-Trump. He had no patience for the culture wars. [/quote]

Same here.

I am behind him 100%[/quote]

I am sure this, or something like it, has been said numerous times on this thread, but I feel compelled to add my two cents.

I am a liberal (not progressive) Democrat in my 50s.  I have voted for Larry Hogan twice for governor, and would happily do so again.  I think he was an excellent counterweight to the Democrat controlled Maryland state house and senate.  I also appreciate that he has been consistently anti-TrumpI don't agree with him on everything, or maybe even on most things, but I think he is a decent person who cares about Maryland, its residents, and the country as a whole.

And there is no effin' way I am voting for him for the Senate.

All of you who are talking about the things he did for MD and his personal qualities are both correct and missing the point so badly that it's hard to believe you are serious.  Much more important than any individual politician, no matter how much you like him, is which party controls the House and/or Senate.  That determines who controls what bills are considered, what judicial appointments are brought up for a vote, whether committees attempt to hold the executive branch accountable . . . the list goes on and on.  You can wish, or pretend, that it didn't work like this, but it does.

So Hogan's personal beliefs and character are utterly irrelevant to this decision.  You aren't just, or primarily, voting for a senator - you are voting for the Senate majority leader, and all of the power that goes along with that.

Please remember that as you cast your vote.  [/quote]

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