Monday, November 25, 2013

Hogan to Launch Governor's Bid in January


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 22, 2013
Contact:
Steve Crim

ANNAPOLIS – Larry Hogan, founder and Chairman of Change Maryland, said he would launch a campaign for governor in January 2014 during the citizen organization​‘s Fall Harvest Party at the DoubleTree Hotel in Annapolis on Friday evening.  Hogan, a successful businessman and lifelong citizen activist, spoke to a sold-out crowd of over 1,000 people at the event.  The party was the largest political event of the year.
 
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 My friends here tonight, and a countless number of our 65,000 folks from every single county all across the state have encouraged me to consider running for Governor of Maryland next year, 
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  Hogan said.   
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 Many people seem to think that it may be the only way we will have a chance to bring real reform and meaningful change to Maryland. 
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Hogan founded Change Maryland in 2011 because he ​"​believed that we needed an independent, bi-partisan voice that would advocate for sound, fiscally responsible, common sense government."​  Since its inception, the group has received much attention; it made national news in 2012 after the release of its Tax Migration Study, which showed 31,000 taxpayers leaving the state after the O​'​Malley-Brown Administration​'​s historic tax increases.
 
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 We cannot just sit back and allow an arrogant and out-of-touch monopoly to run this great state into the ground without putting up a fight, 
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  Hogan said.   
​“​I
  believe that a majority of Marylanders, regardless of party, are finally ready to say enough is enough!   And that the time has come for all of us, to stand up together, and fight back for a change! 
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Larry Hogan has been a business owner for over 25 years and has attracted hundreds of new businesses and created thousands of new jobs in Maryland.  He has spent a lifetime working to make Maryland a better place from leading citizen referendums to reforming government and limiting taxes.


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