In new TV ad, Maryland's Larry Hogan charts potential Senate path forward as centrist

Larry Hogan is warning that neither party should consider his vote safe, foreshadowing an independent-minded trajectory within the Senate should he be elected.

Hogan is charting a moderate Republican path to victory in a blue state.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

"If they want my vote, they will have to do what is right for Maryland. Not one political party," Hogan continued in the video, first reported by Punchbowl News. "That's exactly what I did as your governor, and exactly the kind of senator I'll be."

The latest ad comes as Democrats, who are fighting an uphill battle to hold onto the Senate majority despite an unfavorable election map, have taken aim at the Maryland Republican, painting him as a lackey of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and a dependable GOP vote. 

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Using the particularly hot-button election issue of abortion, Democrats have claimed Hogan would help Republicans in the Senate pass a national ban on the procedure. However, the former Republican governor has said he is "pro-choice" and would support codifying the overturned Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, per the New York Times

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Hogan is known as a prominent Republican critic of Trump.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Despite his party affiliation, Hogan has shown promise in the blue state, especially with his reputation as an anti-Trump moderate. 

In a March Washington Post/University of Maryland poll, Hogan defeated then-Democratic primary candidate Angela Alsobrooks 50%-36%. Notably, the poll was conducted during a heated Democratic primary campaign, prior to the Prince George’s County Executive's win. 

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Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner. 

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