Dan Cox, a Republican, speaks against a measure to expand abortion access in Maryland on April 9, 2022, in Annapolis, Md.Īnd the DGA ad could have a major impact. A 44 percent plurality of voters said they were undecided or didn’t know who they’d support in the primary. A recent poll from The Baltimore Banner/WYPR/Goucher College had the two within the margin of error: Cox at 25 percent, Schulz at 22 percent. The race between Schulz and Cox, which also includes two other lesser-known Republicans, remains close. “The DGA would much rather spend $1 million now than $5 million in the general election” if she was the nominee. “It is not unexpected,” Schulz said of the DGA buy in an interview, citing Democratic meddling in races elsewhere. Hogan endorsed Schulz, and much of his political network is working in some fashion to boost her campaign. Trump’s early endorsement of Cox was quickly followed by Hogan going all-in for Schulz, a former state lawmaker who served in Hogan’s cabinet until earlier this year. And in Colorado, efforts to derail Republican candidates running for governor and Senate both fell flat.īut Maryland may have the thorniest primary of them all - an all-out proxy war between Trump and Hogan, a moderate blue-state Republican who has called on the GOP to chart a new course away from the former president. Doug Mastriano in the final days of the Republican primary there - but Mastriano was the GOP frontrunner even before that. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee for that state’s open governor race, boosted state Sen. Pritzker successfully picked their opponent in Illinois, though they spent tens of millions of dollars to do so. Results have been mixed so far: The DGA and Democratic Gov. In a handful of blue states - and especially in governor races - Democratic groups and campaigns have run ads boosting the more extreme Republican candidate in a primary, in hopes that they win the nomination and will be easier to beat in the general election in November. It is the latest iteration of a now increasingly common playbook for Democrats.
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