“Maryland has been leading the charge and setting an example for the nation of strong environmental and climate leadership, and we are proud to take the next step forward by joining the American Flood Coalition. With more than 7,000 miles of beautiful shoreline, our state is particularly vulnerable to flooding. By working alongside a nonpartisan group of political, military, and business leaders, together we will continue to advance real solutions to protect our citizens, our economy, and our environment.”
Former Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr. was sworn in as the 62nd governor of the State of Maryland on January 21, 2015. In 2018, he was overwhelmingly re-elected to a second four-year term, receiving the most votes of any Maryland gubernatorial candidate and becoming only the second Republican governor to be re-elected in the 242 year history of the state.
In his first inaugural address, Former Governor Hogan reminded citizens of Maryland’s history as a state of middle temperament and pledged to advance the best ideas, regardless of which side of the political aisle they come from. He is recognized nationally as a strong, independent leader who consistently delivers real results and achieves common sense, bipartisan solutions.
Immediately upon taking office, Former Governor Hogan took decisive action to create a more business-friendly future for Maryland by bringing tax relief, balanced budgets, and long-term fiscal responsibility to the state. He eliminated or reformed nearly 850 regulations, reduced or eliminated 250 fees across state government, and cut tolls at every single state facility for the first time in more than 50 years. In total, Former Governor Hogan has already delivered $1.25 billion in tax, toll, and fee relief for hardworking middle class families, retirees, and small businesses.
As a result of these efforts, Former Governor Hogan is effectively growing Maryland’s private sector, creating jobs, and turning the state economy around. The governor’s first year in office was the most successful in total job creation and private-sector job growth in the last 15 years, and after previously losing over 100,000 jobs, Maryland has created 120,000 jobs under his leadership.
As chairman of the six-state Chesapeake Executive Council, Former Governor Hogan has made historic progress to protect the state’s most precious natural asset: the Chesapeake Bay. He has fully funded all bay restoration efforts, and committed a historic $5 billion toward wide-ranging bay initiatives. As a result, the Chesapeake Bay received its highest score for water quality in recorded history. In addition, under the governor’s leadership, Maryland continues to be a national and international leader in combating greenhouse gas emissions and has some of the most stringent air quality standards in the nation.
To get Marylanders moving, Former Governor Hogan is rebuilding the state’s transportation infrastructure though historic investments in roads, bridges, and transit. The state is moving forward on top priority road projects in every jurisdiction, fixing every single structurally deficient bridge in Maryland, and has resurfaced more than half of the state highway system.
In 2017, Former Governor Hogan broke ground on the long-anticipated $5.6 billion Purple Line light rail project in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, which represents the largest Public-Private Partnership in America. He was the first leader in the region to propose a real solution to save the Washington, D.C. Metro system, and he introduced a transformative Traffic Relief Plan to widen the Capital Beltway, I-270, and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, which represents the largest transportation Public-Private Partnership (P3) in North America.
With a proven track record of delivering real results to change Maryland for the better, Former Governor Hogan’s principled, bipartisan, common sense leadership extends to both the regional and national stages. In 2019, he was unanimously elected to lead America’s governors as chairman of the nonpartisan National Governors Association (NGA), which represents all 55 U.S. states, territories, and commonwealths. As NGA Chair, Governor Hogan launched a yearlong national infrastructure initiative, Foundation for Success, which is focused on rebuilding, repairing, and modernizing America’s infrastructure in ways that will grow the economy, create jobs, and meet the needs of the 21st century.
Prior to his election in 2014, Former Governor Hogan – who had never before held elective office – spent more than 25 years building and running small businesses in the private sector. In 2011, he founded Change Maryland, the largest nonpartisan grassroots organization in state history, which is dedicated to bringing fiscal responsibility and common sense to state government.
Former Governor Hogan is married to Yumi Hogan, a first generation Korean-American, artist and teacher. She is the first Asian first lady in Maryland history and the first Korean-American first lady in United States history. They have three daughters: Julie, Jaymi, and Kim; four grandchildren; and two shih tzu dogs, Anna and Chessie.
