How did the State go from a $5B+ surplus left by Governor Larry Hogan to a $3B+ deficit in two short years?

Governor Wes Moore is addressing a $3B+ deficit in his FY2026 Budget with $1B in new revenues (tax and fee increases), $500M from the State’s Rainy Day Fund, and $2B in cuts and government efficiencies.

You can find the Fiscal Briefing prepared by the Department of Legislative Services here.

Question: How do you get chosen as a Republican leader?

Answer: Only two questions - are you a registered Montgomery County Republican voter and can you get the support of the other Republican voters for election or the majority of the Committee for a mid-term appointment. We don't ask gender, religion, age, orientation, race, color, marital status, ethnicity or any other personal information. We aren't DEI, it's your ability that counts.

Funny, our Democrat counterparts actually have segregated their seats for years by sex, so many for males and so many for females. Of course to maintain their radical roots they recently opened up the seats to "non-binary", meaning if you so chose you could "declare" a gender to match the vacancy that was available!

Crazy you say? Well, welcome to the Democrat Party. What do you think of that option?

Tell us what you think at [email protected]

The MCGOP Digest is a compilation of items sent to us by our Friday 5pm deadline. Send items to [email protected] We value your engagement and appreciate your continued support. God Bless America!

In a brilliant editorial last week, columnist Peggy Noonan chastised California’s political leaders for losing focus on their primary responsibilities of keeping “citizens and their property safe.” What more evidence than the Los Angeles fires do we need that a progressive agenda with esoteric goals became far more important to the Democratic super-majority in California than the basic protection of its tax-paying citizens? Noonan added that, “A one-party will yield one-party rule that encourages sloth, carelessness, and corruption. People on a team cover up for their own. Good government comes from competition.” (You Never Forget a Fire, Wall Street Journal, 1/16/25)

Beware, because Maryland is the East Coast mirror image of California. The last time Maryland legislators had any real political competition was when Larry Hogan was governor. After inheriting a $5 billion deficit from Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley, Hogan retired that debt then left the state with a $5 billion surplus – a $10 billion turnaround. So is it any surprise that in just under two years Governor Moore and his Democratic super-majority in the state legislature vanquished that surplus and created a $3 billion deficit? Experts claim that number is expected to soar to $6.2 billion by 2030. Help.

I love that this country has an ability to self-correct, which is what we witnessed in this past election. It’s high time for change in California and in Maryland, too. Which is why the MCGOP is gearing up now for the 2026 elections. Please keep that in mind as we reach out to you in the months ahead to help us in a pivotal election year; one where we earnestly hope to see Marylanders self-correct by breaking the Democratic super majorities in our county council and state legislature.

Stacey Sauter

MCGOP Chair

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On Wednesday, January 29^th, the Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act will be heard in the Maryland House Ways & Means Committee.  Democrats have been blocking and suppressing this legislation for years, but polls show a vast majority of Americans support commonsense bills like this one to ban biological males from competing in girls’ high school sports.  
 
The facts, logic, and public opinion are all on our side—we just need to let the Democrats in the Maryland General Assembly hear it.  

Here is more information on how you can get involved in supporting the Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act:  📚Read and share this op-ed from the bill’s sponsor, Delegate Kathy Szeliga:

Read the Op-Ed!

Testimony By Amy Waychoff

Please send emails to the House Ways and Means Committee (see email addresses below) before January 29, when the Maryland General Assembly (MGA) will hear the bill. If possible, please submit testimony on the MGA website between 8 am and 6 pm on Monday. Contact Amy Waychoff, [email protected], 240-393-5550, for help.

By Miriam Gutierrez, January 21, 2025

Among the 50 states, Maryland currently ranks 14^th in economic growth, falling behind Virginia’s current robust growth. Certain counties in Maryland have competitive positions in healthcare, life science, and pharmaceutical and medical research.  However, there are major economic, demographic, and political challenges that could deteriorate the economic growth in these counties, and in the entire state of Maryland.  Among these challenges are:

1. The Trump administration plans to drastically downsize the federal workforce, abolish, reduce, or relocate 60 federal facilities currently operating in Maryland, and reclassify some civilian positions (converting them into short-term political appointees). Defunding or displacing federal facilities could bring drastic revenue reductions in the 2025 Maryland budget.

The displacement of federal workers will reduce local and state government budgets through taxation. (Giacomo Bologna, in The Baltimore Banner and also at [email protected])

This reduction in tax revenues will be inevitable since the federal labor force in Maryland represents 6 percent of its total labor force, or 10% if those who commute to DC. (US Census Bureau)