[31] Despite his popularity, Hogan had no coattail effect on any downballot races in Maryland, with Democrats expanding their legislative supermajority and picking up several county-level seats during his tenure.

[40] In June, he addressed the Maryland Free Enterprise Foundation, a business advocacy group, in a combative speech, "skewering Democrats who control the state legislature and vowing to spend the remainder of his term in 'battle' with them."

[51] Affected Marylanders said they had reached out to the governor via Facebook after the 2015 Baltimore protests as well as Donald Trump's Executive Order 13769 in January 2017, which banned travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

[62][63] Hogan spent $1.9 million during the Republican primary election,[64] in which he faced Harford County Executive David R. Craig, state delegate Ron George, and businessman Charles Lollar.

[67][69] Media outlets attributed Hogan's victory to a strong performance in rural parts of the state and Baltimore's suburban counties, low Democratic turnout, and Brown's inability to separate himself from O'Malley.

[85][86] Of these nominees, five were Democrats: Sam Abed (who was also the only holdover from the O'Malley administration),[85] Rona Kramer,[87] George W. Owings III,[86] Van Mitchell, and Joseph Bartenfelder.

[97] During the 2016 legislative session, Hogan and the Maryland General Assembly agreed to create a state-funded private-school scholarship program to provide assistance to students from low-income families that attend charter schools.

[105][106] In early 2017, Hogan proposed a budget that cut funding for community revitalization programs, extended library hours, and public schools in Baltimore City.

[132][133][134] As a candidate, Hogan called fracking opportunities in western Maryland "an economic gold mine" and faulted the state for taking too long to decide whether to allow drilling for oil.

[146] In June 2015, Hogan canceled the federally funded Baltimore Red Line project, instead choosing to reallocate money to road construction across Maryland, fulfilling a 2014 campaign promise.

[151] This 2017 decision closed down popular bike paths in Montgomery County for what the state Department of Transportation estimates will be five years (ending in 2022), triggering residents' anger and protests.

[153] Inspired by Hogan's decision to cancel the Baltimore Red Line and shift funding to rural areas of the state, the legislation would require the Transportation Department to develop a project-based scoring system and promulgate regulations for the public.

[176] As cases continued to rise, Hogan signed another executive order suspending on-site bar and restaurant services, closing movie theaters and gyms, and banning gatherings of more than 50 people.

[194][195] On April 20, 2020, Hogan announced that the state had brokered a $10 million deal with South Korea to acquire 500,000 COVID-19 tests after weeks of negotiations in a confidential project called Operation Enduring Friendship.

[236] On June 1, 2021, Hogan announced that on July 3 he would join two dozen other Republican governors in ending the $300 supplemental weekly unemployment insurance provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

[248][249] McGrath was facing wire fraud and embezzlement charges and became a fugitive when he failed to show up to federal court in Baltimore[245] in a trial wherein Hogan was to be called as a witness.

[250] McGrath died on April 3, 2023, after simultaneously shooting himself and being shot by a law enforcement officer that day in a confrontation with FBI agents in Knoxville, Tennessee; either head wound alone would have been fatal.

[263] During his 2014 gubernatorial campaign, Hogan said he opposed "open-border policies"[264] and supported returning undocumented immigrants living in Maryland back to their countries of origin "as quickly as possible".

[273] In January 2019, the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued Hogan and Attorney General Brian Frosh on behalf of Saqib Ali, a former member of the House of Delegates, challenging the executive order under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

[285] Hogan vetoed legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly in 2015 to restore the voting rights of persons convicted of felonies following their completion of prison sentences.

[293] In October 2021, Hogan proposed a $150 million "Re-Fund the Police" initiative aimed at increasing support for the state's law enforcement agencies and victims of violent crime.

[294][295] The Maryland General Assembly approved a state budget containing the initiative with an amendment that would allocate funding in proportion to the number of violent crimes reported in local jurisdictions.

[302] In January 2018, Hogan signed an amicus brief filed by former California Governor Gray Davis in the Supreme Court case Benisek v. Lamone, arguing that Maryland's partisan gerrymandering system violates voters' constitutional rights.

[303] In January 2021, Hogan signed an executive order establishing the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission (MCRC), which consisted of three Republicans, three Democrats, and three independent voters, in an effort to resolve a gerrymandering issue in the state.

[312] The General Assembly again drew its own map a few days later,[313] which passed and was signed into law by Hogan on April 4, 2022, after legislative leaders dropped their appeal of Battaglia's ruling.

[348] In August 2020, during an interview on the Maryland response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hogan said that he was unenthusiastic about Trump and the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, but said it was conceivable that his vote could be swayed by either candidate before election day.

[361] In August 2024, a Hogan spokesperson told Inside Climate News that he had reservations with the Inflation Reduction Act and would seek to adjust provisions affecting oil and gas production if elected to the U.S.

[362] During a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in November 2022, Hogan complimented Trump's achievements while in office, including the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, his U.S. Supreme Court appointments, and policies toward Israel and domestic energy production.

[373] During his campaign, Hogan promoted policy platforms that included proposals to increase funding for police departments and border patrol,[374] and lowering federal taxes on businesses and seniors.

At the same time, Hogan declined to support the Women's Health Protection Act, citing provisions that explicitly ban a long list of abortion restrictions, saying that he would instead back a bipartisan compromise bill.