Larry Hogan

Larry Hogan

Hogan in December 2015
62nd Governor of Maryland
Assumed office
January 21, 2015
Lieutenant Boyd Rutherford
Preceded by Martin O'Malley
Personal details
Born Lawrence Joseph Hogan, Jr.
(1956-05-25) May 25, 1956
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Yumi Hogan (m. 2004–present)
Children 3
Residence Government House
Alma mater Florida State University,
Tallahassee
Religion Roman Catholicism[1]
Website Governor's website

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Hogan, Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician who currently serves as the 62nd Governor of Maryland, in office since January 2015.[2] He is only the second Republican governor in Maryland in nearly 50 years, and the first Maryland governor from Anne Arundel County to be elected in over 100 years.[3] In 2011, Hogan founded the grassroots organization Change Maryland. In 2014, Hogan announced his candidacy for Governor of Maryland, and won the 2014 race.[4]

On June 22, 2015, Hogan announced to the press that he has been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.[5] As announced five months later on November 16, 2015, intensive chemotherapy had put the disease into remission.[6]

Early life and education

Hogan was born in 1956 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Landover, Maryland, attending Saint Ambrose Catholic School and DeMatha Catholic High School;[7] he graduated from Father Lopez Catholic High School in 1974.[8] Hogan's father, Lawrence Hogan, Sr., served as a U.S. Congressman from Maryland's 5th Congressional District from 1969 to 1975 and as Prince George's County Executive from 1978 to 1982.

Hogan attended Florida State University from 1974 to 1978 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and political science.[8] While in college, Hogan worked in the Florida State Legislature[9] and upon graduation, worked on Capitol Hill. Hogan helped his father run a successful campaign in 1978 for Prince George's County Executive and later worked for his father as a low-paid 'intergovernmental liaison'.[7]

Business career

Hogan founded his real estate business, Hogan Companies, in 1985. He would spend the next twenty years in the private sector.[10]

Civic and political career

As the son of a U.S. Congressman, Hogan was exposed to politics at a young age and worked in many aspects of politics including political campaigns and citizen referendums.[11] Hogan served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention in the seventies and eighties.[12]

1981 Congressional special election

A 24-year-old Hogan first ran for office in the 1981 special election to fill the vacancy in Maryland's 5th Congressional District left by Gladys Noon Spellman. Spellman had succeeded Hogan's father in the congressional seat.[11] Hogan finished second out of twelve candidates in the Republican primary with 22.38% of the votes to Audrey Scott's 63.26%.[13]

Congressional nominee

In the 1992 election cycle, Hogan was the Republican nominee for Maryland's 5th Congressional District, running against Democratic incumbent Steny Hoyer. The race was the closest in Hoyer's tenure, with Hogan winning four out of the district's five counties and taking 45% of the vote to Hoyer's 55%. No other challenger has come as close to unseating Hoyer since.

Cabinet secretary

Hogan took a temporary leave of absence from his business to serve as Secretary of Appointments in the Bob Ehrlich Administration from 2003 to 2007.[12] In this capacity, Hogan appointed over 7,000 individuals to positions at every level of government.

Change Maryland

In 2011, Hogan founded Change Maryland.[14] The purpose of the anti-tax organization[15] is to advocate for lower taxes and less government spending in Maryland. As the chairman of Change Maryland, Hogan has conducted numerous studies on the economic impact of the O'Malley-Brown administration[16] and its passage of 40 consecutive tax and fee increases.[17]

Governor of Maryland

2014 gubernatorial campaign

Hogan in November 2013

Hogan formally announced his campaign for Governor of Maryland on January 21, 2014.[18] On January 29, 2014, Hogan announced his running mate, former Maryland Secretary of General Services Boyd Rutherford.[19] On June 24, 2014, Hogan and Rutherford won the Republican primary, receiving 43% of the vote.[20] They faced and defeated the Democratic nominee, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown on November 4, 2014.

Maryland gubernatorial election, 2014[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Larry Hogan 884,400 51.03% +9.24%
Democratic Anthony Brown 818,890 47.25% -8.99%
Libertarian Shawn Quinn 25,382 1.46% +0.70%
Write-ins 4,505 0.26% +0.15%
Turnout 1,733,177

Tenure

In the early months of his administration, Governor Hogan earned a reputation as a centrist and pragmatist. In an editorial after Hogan's first four months as Governor, the Baltimore Sun said, "Mr. Hogan may prove to be the nation's most pragmatic Republican governor, or at least its least predictable. But the one thing that's certain is that he's no ideologue."[22] Maryland's other major newspaper, the The Washington Post, said, "Larry Hogan, who never held elective office before voters chose him last fall, was true to his promise to govern from the center in the first legislative session of his term."[23]

In an attempt to balance pollution regulations on the Maryland's farming industry, in February 2015 Hogan brought together agricultural and environmental stakeholders and enacted the most important environmental initiative in a generation to protect the Chesapeake Bay:[3] the "Maryland Agriculture Phosphorus Initiative," creating both looser and stricter regulations for farmers on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Described by the administration as "enhanced phosphorus management tool regulations," the proposal came with two key elements: A process to give farmers more time to reduce phosphorus output on their farms and a measure that immediately stopped many farmers from contributing more to the ongoing problem of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.[24]

Following the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American resident of Baltimore, Maryland, civil unrest broke out in Baltimore city on April 27, 2015. To address the growing unrest, Governor Hogan declared a state of emergency and activated the Maryland National Guard.[25][26] Major General Linda Singh of the Maryland National Guard commented that there would be a "massive number" of soldiers in Maryland on the night of April 27, and that up to 5,000 soldiers were eventually deployed.[27] Maryland State Police activated 500 officers for duty in Baltimore, and requested an additional state police officers from other states.[28] During the unrest, Gov. Hogan temporarily moved his office from Annapolis to Baltimore, where the Governor and his staff remained throughout the State of Emergency.

Governor Hogan shut down the decrepit Baltimore City Detention Center,[29] and re-opened the Maryland State Police Barrack in Annapolis.[30]

Governor Hogan currently holds a 70% approval rating in a 2–1 Democratic state, despite some friction with the state's Democratic legislature.[31]

Personal life

Hogan resides in Anne Arundel County with his wife Yumi,[32] a Korean-American artist and adjunct instructor at Maryland Institute College of Art.[33] The couple met in 2001[8] and married in 2004.[34] Yumi is the mother of three adult daughters[35] – Kim Velez, Jaymi Sterling, and Julie Kim[36][37] – with whom Hogan immediately formed father-daughter relationships.[37] Hogan's brother, Patrick N. Hogan, represented a Frederick County district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 to 2007 and 2011 to 2015.[38][39]

On June 22, 2015, Hogan announced that he had been diagnosed with late stage 3 non-Hodgkins lymphoma, which he described as "very advanced and very aggressive".[5] Talking about his cancer diagnosis, Hogan said, "It's one that responds very aggressively to chemotherapy treatment. There's a strong chance of success."[40] Bone marrow test results announced several days later showed that the cancer was at stage 3; Hogan began four days of chemotherapy on June 27, 2015[41] and completed his treatment on October 13, 2015 after six rounds.[42] Hogan announced on November 16, 2015, that medical scans showed no sign of the cancer that he was diagnosed with five months earlier, indicating that 18 weeks of intensive chemotherapy put the disease into remission.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Barker, Jeff (October 10, 2014). "Artist-wife Yumi Hogan strays 'outside of her normal comfort level'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 20, 2014. Hogan, who is Catholic, is opposed to abortion, but he has said he would not try to change existing Maryland law on the subject.
  2. ↑ Wagner, John; Johnson, Jenna (November 5, 2014). "Republican Larry Hogan wins Md. governor’s race in stunning upset". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Governor Larry Hogan". governor.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  4. ↑ Kartalija, Jessica (November 4, 2014). "Larry Hogan: ‘Tonight, Real Change Has Come To Maryland’". CBS Baltimore. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Wiggins, Ovetta (June 22, 2015). "Md. Gov. Hogan announces he has ‘advanced’ cancer". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Hicks, Josh (November 16, 2015). "Gov. Hogan’s cancer is in remission, 30 days after he completed chemo". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Kurtz, Josh (September 15, 2014). "Hogan's Hero". Center Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 Butler, Paul (2015). "One-on-One with Governor Larry Hogan". WBOC. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ Sarcevic, Lejla (October 29, 2014). "Hogan Is Asking Voters to Elect a Financial Manager for the State". Capital News Service. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  10. ↑ "About Us – The Hogan Companies – Land | Commercial | Residential | Brokerage | Consulting | Investment | Development". The Hogan Companies. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  11. 1 2 Wagner, John (October 30, 2014). "Larry Hogan: Will a lifetime in politics lead this businessman to elected office?". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Secretary of Appointments, Maryland Office of Governor". Maryland Manual On-Line: A Guide to Maryland Government. Maryland State Archives. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "MD District 5 – Special R Primary Race – Apr 07, 1981". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  14. ↑ Len Lazarick (2011-06-13). "‘Change Maryland’ looks for middle ground". Maryland Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  15. ↑ Frank, Robert (July 9, 2012). "In Maryland, Higher Taxes Chase Out Rich: Study". CNBC. Retrieved October 6, 2014. the anti-tax group Change Maryland
  16. ↑ "Category Archives: Press Releases". Changemaryland.org. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  17. ↑ Lazarick, Len (June 30, 2013). "Hogan hopes Change Maryland is the ticket". Maryland Reporter. Retrieved October 6, 2014. It was Change Maryland that came up with perhaps the most widely touted GOP slam against the O’Malley-Brown administration — that it passed 40 consecutive tax and fee hikes.
  18. ↑ John Wagner (2014-01-21). "Md. GOP gubernatorial hopeful Larry Hogan postpones announcement rally due to snow". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  19. ↑ Jackson, Alex (January 30, 2014). "Hogan announces Boyd Rutherford as running mate in Maryland gubernatorial race". The Capital. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  20. ↑ Johnson, Jenna; Wagner, John (June 25, 2014). "Brown, Hogan win Md. gubernatorial primaries; Frosh wins attorney general contest". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for Governor / Lt. Governor". The State Board of Elections. Maryland State Board of Elections. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  22. ↑ "Hogan's Softer Road". The Baltimore Sun. May 27, 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  23. ↑ "Dysfunction in Annapolis". The Washington Post. April 15, 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  24. ↑ Davis, Phil (February 25, 2015). "Gov. Hogan rolls out new phosphorus management plan". Delmarva Now. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  25. ↑ Shapiro, Emily (April 27, 2015). "Maryland Gov. Declares State of Emergency After Violent Clashes in Baltimore". ABC News. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Governor Larry Hogan Signs Executive Order Declaring State Of Emergency, Activating National Guard" (PDF). Government of Maryland. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  27. ↑ Laughland, Oliver; Lewis, Paul; Jacobs, Ben; Swaine, Jon (April 27, 2015). "Baltimore state of emergency declared as Freddie Gray protesters clash with police – live". The Guardian.
  28. ↑ matthewhaybrown (April 27, 2015). "Maryland State Police activating 500 officers for Baltimore; requesting up to 5,000 from neighboring states" (Tweet).
  29. ↑ Broadwater, Luke (July 30, 2015). "Gov. Hogan announces 'immediate' closure of Baltimore jail". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  30. ↑ Cook, Chase (April 6, 2016). "Annapolis State Police barrack to take two years to reach full strength". Capital Gazette. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Hogan Approval Rating Tops 70%; Senate Race In Virtual Tie". wbal.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  32. ↑ "Our Team – The Hogan Companies – Land | Commercial | Residential | Brokerage | Consulting | Investment | Development". The Hogan Companies. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  33. ↑ "Bio". YUMI HOGAN.
  34. ↑ Rosenwald, Michael S. (January 23, 2015). "Md. Gov. Larry Hogan and his Korean-born wife, Yumi, are a historic first couple". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  35. ↑ Alexander, Kate S. (May 21, 2014). "Hogan looks to change Maryland as governor". Maryland Gazette. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  36. ↑ Ruark, Steve (January 21, 2014). "Larry Hogan, Kim Velez, Daniella Velez, Yumi Hogan, Jaymie Sterling, Julie Kim". The Baltimore Sun. Associated Press. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  37. 1 2 Lee, Suevon (March 3, 2015). "Meet Yumi Hogan, Maryland’s New First Lady". KoreAm. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  38. ↑ Wagner, John (November 5, 2014). "Seven things you might not know about Larry Hogan, Maryland’s next governor". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  39. ↑ "Patrick N. Hogan". Maryland State Archives. February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  40. ↑ Broadwater, Luke (June 22, 2015). "Hogan announces he's been diagnosed with cancer". The Baltimore Sun.
  41. ↑ Dresser, Michael (June 25, 2015). "Hogan begins chemo treatment for Stage 3 cancer". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  42. ↑ Cox, Erin (October 14, 2015). "Gov. Larry Hogan completes cancer treatment". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 18, 2015.

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to: Larry Hogan
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Larry Hogan Jr..
Party political offices
Preceded by
Bob Ehrlich		 Republican nominee for Governor of Maryland
2014 		Most recent
Political offices
Preceded by
Martin O'Malley		 Governor of Maryland
2015–present 		Incumbent
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, April 28, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.