Maryland’s Hogan will skip GOP convention again as party leaders hedge on funding his campaign

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican running to flip a Senate seat that could determine control of the chamber, will once again skip the Republican National Convention as national party leaders hedge on whether the GOP will help fund his campaign.

Hogan’s campaign has confirmed that the former governor will not attend the GOP’s convention next month in Milwaukee, July 15-18. Hogan, who has been one of the party’s fiercest critics of former President Donald Trump, also did not attend the party’s conventions in 2020 and 2016.

Hogan, who is trying to navigate a difficult path running as a Republican in a heavily Democratic state, angered party leaders last week when he said before Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts related to hush money payments that the public should “ respect the verdict and the legal process.”

“At this dangerously divided moment in our history, all leaders — regardless of party — must not pour fuel on the fire with more toxic partisanship,” Hogan posted on X before the verdict was announced. “We must reaffirm what has made this nation great: the rule of law.”

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