Hogan's two terms (2015-2023) made him one of the more popular Republican governors of the Trump era. The immediate predecessor to Wes Moore. This profile grades his 2018 campaign promises against his second term.
Lawrence Hogan Jr. is Maryland's Republican governor. He kept three major promises during his tenure but broke two notable ones.
On infrastructure, Hogan pledged to block expansion of the Beltway and Capital Beltway. He did not follow through. On his personal ambitions, he promised to win a U.S. Senate seat in 2024—that bid did not succeed.
Overall, Hogan kept 42.86% of his graded promises, with 3 kept, 2 broken, and 2 partial. We don't yet have detailed donor or committee funding records and vote alignments for this office and cycle. His scorecard reflects a mixed record on the commitments he made to voters.
Narrated from FEC + Congress.gov receipts. Every figure traces to our data.
Jr. kept 43% of 7 promises tracked for the 2019–2023 term. Each verdict is term-scoped, primary-sourced, and reviewed by three sequential reviewers (neutral · conservative · progressive).
Standard review · primary sources, single editorial pass.
Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr.'s campaign-promise scorecard: 43% kept of 7 graded. Source: campaignreceipts.com/r/larry-hogan
Primary-source promise tracker, campaignreceipts.com.
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Hogan vetoed multiple Democratic-legislature tax-increase bills; signed targeted retirement-income tax exemptions in 2022. Net MD tax burden flat to slightly down across his tenure.
Hogan led NGA in 2020. MD per-capita death rate among the lower-third nationally for first wave. Korean-test-procurement debacle (April 2020) — tests largely unusable — became enduring criticism.
Reverse — Hogan PUSHED the Beltway expansion. Project shelved June 2022 by his administration after sustained opposition; revived intermittently. Final shelving by Moore in 2023.
Wrote in Ronald Reagan in 2020 election. Considered 2024 Republican primary run; chose not to. Endorsed himself rather than Trump in 2024 Senate run.
Eight years of budget agreements reached without major government dysfunction. MD bond rating maintained at AAA throughout tenure.
Hogan initially vetoed Blueprint funding (May 2020) citing cost; legislature overrode. Implementation began 2021 under his administration.
Hogan ran for the open MD Senate seat in 2024 (Cardin retirement). Lost to Angela Alsobrooks Nov 5, 2024 by 10.5 points.
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