Dan Rodricks: Mac Mathias, a principled Republican senator
A new book, published this month by McFarland Books, offers insightful and nostalgic essays about the late Republican senator.
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A new book, published this month by McFarland Books, offers insightful and nostalgic essays about the late Republican senator.
For eight years, Republican Larry Hogan occupied the governor's mansion despite Maryland being an overwhelmingly Democratic state.
Aided by his privilege, connections, and status as a war hero, he eventually was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, the U.S. House, and finally, the U.S. Senate, where he was an ally of Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Along the way, he becomes dangerously addicted to alcohol, which had plagued his own father and other family members.
GOP effort to recruit Larry Hogan to run against Chris Van Hollen more about putting up a fight than winning.
This year saw COVID-19 restrictions being lifted at the state level and later being reimposed in several local jurisdictions in response to rising hospitalization and positivity rates.