On the first day of early voting, Marylanders have a lot of reasons to vote against the GOP’s 51st seat majority maker, Republican Larry Hogan.

Here are 51 reasons Hogan won’t be the next U.S. Senator from Maryland.

1. Hogan would be the 51st seat Republicans need to take control of the Senate and push forward an extreme agenda that’s out of touch with Marylanders.
2. Hogan is a proud, self-described “lifelong Republican.”
3. Hogan promises to caucus with Senate Republicans.
4. Hogan was recruited to run by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to hand Republicans control of the Senate.
5. Hogan was touted as the “best recruit” of the cycle by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
6. Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Hogan winning Maryland’s open Senate seat is key to Republicans regaining the majority.
7. Hogan’s campaign is backed by the NRSC, which describes itself as “solely devoted to strengthening the Republican Senate Majority.”
8. Hogan’s campaign is bankrolled by Republican mega-donors who are spending millions around the country to flip control of the Senate.
9. Hogan’s campaign is bankrolled by billionaires who support Donald Trump.
10. Hogan worked closely with and is bankrolled by authors of Project 2025’s main policy document.
11. Hogan’s campaign is bankrolled by Senate Republicans who oppose abortion rights.
12. Hogan regularly holds fundraisers with anti-abortion rights extremists like Rick Santorum, Brian Kemp, Marsha Blackburn, Paul Ryan, and John Thune.
13. Hogan has touted “great voices” in the GOP like anti-abortion extremists Mitch McConnell, Ron DeSantis, Paul Ryan, and Brian Kemp.
14. Hogan has a well-documented, extensive record opposing abortion rights.
15. Hogan keeps lying to Marylanders about his well-documented, extensive record opposing abortion rights.
16. Hogan vetoed legislation in 2022 supported by medical experts to expand abortion access in Maryland.
17. Hogan withheld millions in funding to train more abortion providers in the wake of the Supreme Court’s leaked decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
18. Hogan called Donald Trump’s Supreme Court picks “incredible justices” months after they helped overturn Roe v. Wade.
19. Hogan has repeatedly refused to oppose judicial nominees hostile to abortion rights.
20. Hogan won’t support the Women’s Health Protection Act, legislation to guarantee the federal right to abortion.
21. Hogan personally campaigned for anti-abortion rights candidates as a top leader at the Republican Governors Association.
22. Hogan refused for months as a U.S. Senate candidate to back codifying Roe v. Wade into law.
23. Hogan laughed when a reporter asked him if he supports Roe v. Wade.
24. Hogan said Maryland’s 2024 ballot measure enshrining abortion rights into the state constitution “wasn’t really necessary.”
25. Hogan called abortion “an emotional issue for women.”
26. Hogan is endorsed by Donald Trump, who said he’s “proud” of the role he played overturning Roe v. Wade.
27. Donald Trump endorsed Hogan after meeting with Senate Republicans to discuss retaking control of the Senate and pushing forward Trump’s extreme agenda.
28. Hogan said he’s open to supporting anti-abortion rights extremist Rick Scott for Senate GOP Leader.
29. Hogan once ran on banning abortion nationwide.
30. Hogan has repeatedly “flirted with the idea of cutting Social Security and Medicare.”
31. Hogan vetoed legislation to close loopholes and expand background checks on private gun sales and transfers of rifles or transfers of rifles and shotguns.
32. Hogan opposed Maryland’s assault weapons ban passed in the wake of the Sandy Hook Shooting.
33. Hogan refused to sign legislation banning ghost guns.
34. Hogan vetoed legislation to require gun sellers to have certain security features that would help prevent gun violence.
35. Hogan “stayed on the sidelines” when it came to protecting LGBTQ+ rights as governor.
36. Hogan refused to sponsor any legislation to expand LGBTQ+ rights or help LGBTQ+ Marylanders access health care or fight discrimination.
37. Hogan refused to give up ownership of his private real estate business while in office, enabling him to use the governor’s office to enrich himself.
38. Hogan directed ~$90 million in competitive housing awards to his real estate firm’s listed clients, while holding regular meetings with company leadership.
39. Hogan voted at least five times to award additional taxpayer dollars to his firm’s listed clients.
40. Hogan approved $16 million in competitive housing awards to develop his own family’s property.
41. In 2015, Hogan canceled a planned $2.9 billion rail line through Baltimore – then rerouted the funds to transportation projects near properties owned by his real estate investment firm, likely boosting the value of those properties.
42. Hogan made $2.4 million during his first three years in office, more money than any other governor in the history of the state and far exceeding his $180,000 annual official government salary.
43. Hogan refuses to answer to Marylanders about his mounting conflicts of interests.
44. Hogan’s shady behavior as governor led the Maryland Statehouse to unanimously pass legislation to strengthen ethics rules. 
45. The latest revelations about Hogan’s shady behavior as governor is leading Maryland lawmakers to prioritize stronger ethics rules next session.
46. Hogan, his campaign, and his super PAC likely violated campaign finance laws.
47. Hogan was a partisan governor, regularly putting party before the people of Maryland.
48. Hogan repeatedly tried to stop Maryland’s Attorney General from taking legal action against Donald Trump for policies harmful to Maryland.
49. Hogan “amassed a record of vetoing legislation that shows him to be more conservative than his national profile suggests.”
50. Hogan’s Republican Party is unified behind Donald Trump.
51. Hogan’s Republican allies in the Senate are vowing to enact Trump’s MAGA agenda.