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According to the governor's office, Hogan has accepted an invitation to "Politics and Eggs," a breakfast series April 23 at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. "Marylanders should care because it's the first step in a very long line of steps to raising your national profile, and that's exactly what Gov. Hogan hopes to do with this trip to New Hampshire," Goucher College poll director Mileah Kromer said. "Politics and Eggs" is a big deal in the world of presidential election politics. New Hampshire's primary is first in the nation, and 2020 is just around the corner. The series is a must-stop for any politico even thinking about testing the waters. Is that the case for Hogan? "I think they reached out because they liked some of the things I was focusing on, but I understand the speculation," Hogan said Feb. 22. "This is an invitation-only event. "I think there is a group of Republicans that would very much like to see a different direction for the Republican Party, and they want to see what Larry Hogan is made of, and also, by inviting him to this event, it gives them an opportunity to reach out and touch him, to shake hands and to hear what he has to say firsthand."

Fresh off the grand opening of his first New Hampshire campaign office, presidential candidate John Delaney addressed students and business leaders at a "Politics & Eggs" event in Bedford. Delaney, making his fourteenth visit to the Granite State since launching his campaign in 2017, called for a restoration of American unity and a renewed sense of national purpose. “I think our current president is the divider-in-chief, but he’s only the punctuation mark on decades of failed politics,” Delaney said. >> Raw video: See Delaney's speech The former Maryland congressman said while he opposes President Donald Trump and seeks to defeat him in 2020, the president is not the central focus of his campaign. “My campaign is about solving problems, focusing on the future, and bringing people together – that makes me more of a moderate,” Delaney said. If he’s elected, Delaney lists education and addressing climate change as top priorities, with a carbon tax and publicly funded “K-14,” adding two years of no-cost community college beyond high school. He’d also spend his first hundred days working to pass legislation that already has broad bipartisan support in Congress. Delaney said he appreciates “the energy” behind the Green New Deal and ‘Medicare for All’ proposals. He said he supports measures he believes are more practical and compatible with the economy – another ‘third way’ solution that aims to find compromise between Washington’s partisan factions. “We can have a different politics,” Delaney said.

“It might strike you all as a bit hyperbolic, but I think our democracy is under attack,” Holder said. “We have had misrepresentation instead of representation — that’s had a real impact on our nation and it’s part of the reason we have dysfunction in D.C. “If you’re in a safe district, you don’t have to worry about the general election. As a result, people drift further and further to the right in the Republican Party, and don’t want to interact with or compromise with their Democratic counterparts.” While much of his criticism was directed at Republican-led redistricting efforts following the party’s state and federal victories in 2010, Holder also took aim at Democratic efforts to create safe districts. What I’ve said about the presidency is that it’s something I’m considering, I’ll make a decision on that sometime next year,” he said. On its website, the NDRC has put New Hampshire’s gubernatorial, state House and state Senate races on their Watch List for the 2018 midterm elections. Holder said that this designation was a result political imbalance in the State House. “This is a classic swing state, and there are 43 more Republicans than you have Democrats in your State House,” Holder said. “So, we’re up here trying to have an influence on state legislative races and your governor’s race.” New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley, who was in attendance, echoed Holder’s concerns about partisan gerrymandering in the Granite State. “Then-Governor Hassan was elected by double digits, Barack Obama carried the state, Democrats won both congressional seats, yet the Republicans held the state Senate 11-13. We hope Republicans agree.” The New Hampshire Republican Party’s platform makes no mention of congressional redistricting, and NHGOP officials could not be reached for comment.