FILE - Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled The Financial Stability Oversight Council Annual Report to Congress, in Dirksen Senate Offic (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/POOL)ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Sen.
Chris Van Hollen won the Democratic nomination for a second term on Tuesday, while both parties closely watched the highly competitive primaries to replace term-limited Republican Gov.
Larry Hogan.Van Hollen defeated a little-known challenger just months after suffering a minor stroke. He will be the heavy favorite in November’s general election in the liberal state, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1.Hogan has endorsed Kelly Schulz, who served as labor and commerce secretaries in his administration.
Her top challenge in the Republican gubernatorial primary was from Dan Cox, a Donald Trump-backed state legislator who sued Hogan over his pandemic policies and later sought unsuccessfully to impeach him.RELATED: Voters head to the polls for Maryland's 2022 Primary ElectionOn the Democratic side, Tom Perez, a former U.S.