win. According to The New York Times, the DGA spent over $1.16 million on television advertisements promoting Cox, who was endorsed by Trump. Hogan also criticized Democrats for "emboldening" Cox, who Hogan called a "QAnon conspiracy theorist", and "play[ing] Russian roulette with the Maryland statehouse". Hogan declined to say who he voted for in the general election. After the election, he congratulated governor-elect Wes Moore. Hogan delivered his farewell address as governor on January 10, 2023. His term expired on January 18. Tenure Media outlets have called Hogan a moderate Republican and a "pragmatist". In 2015, The Washington Posts editorial board wrote that he was "true to his promise to govern from the center in the first legislative session of his term." On the Issues, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that tracks politicians' positions, considers Hogan a centrist. In a 2022 Morning Consult poll, Hogan was listed as the third-most popular governor in the United States, with a 70% approval rating. In 2015, Hogan canceled the Baltimore Red Line (rail system expansion) project. This cancellation was questioned given the federal funding and amount already spent by the state on initial engineering. Washington Monthlys Eric Cortellessa accused Hogan of corruption since his shift of state priorities to road funding resulted in the construction of several major projects near properties his company owns. Hogan served as vice chair of the National Governors Association (NGA) from 2018 to 2019 and as chair from 2019 to 2020. In 2019, Hogan raised the possibility of running for president in 2020, but he later decided not to run. 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." Hogan promised to work against tax increases. Between taking office and February 2017, Hogan's Facebook page blocked over 450 people. One spokesman said about half had used "hateful or racist" language, while the rest were part of a "coordinated attack". 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. In March 2017, it was discovered that Hogan staffers altered headlines of The Baltimore Sun and DelmarvaNow articles posted on his Facebook page to falsely