Surging GOP Senate candidate unfazed by personal war chest of millionaire Dem in key blue state battle [Video]

Former two-term Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan — who’s aiming to flip a Democrat-controlled open Senate seat in his heavily blue home state — is spotlighting his grassroots fundraising as he works to paint a stark contrast with the multi-millionaire front-runner for the Democratic nomination.

Hogan, considered the overwhelming front-runner for the GOP nomination in next month’s primary, is running in the contest to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin in a race that is one of a handful that may determine if the Republicans win back the Senate majority.

The former governor, a vocal GOP critic of former President Donald Trump, may face off in November against Rep. David Trone, the polling front-runner in a crowded field of Democrats vying for their party’s Senate nomination. The Democratic field also includes Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, who is second in public opinion surveys.

Trone, the founder and co-owner along with his brother of the alcohol retailer Total Wine and …