Anti-Trump Republican Larry Hogan lost his race for the Senate in Maryland, even as President Trump won a second non-consecutive term in a historic comeback.

Hogan, the former GOP governor of the reliably blue state, lost to Democrat Angela Alsobrooks by seven points. With his Senate loss, Hogan, who was term-limited as governor, has been essentially removed from the political scene.

Larry Hogan defeated

Alsobrooks, the chief executive of Prince George’s County in Washington D.C.'s suburbs, won with strong support from Maryland's black voters, as well as women, Latinos, and urbanites, AP VoteCast found.

The Democrat had campaigned on protecting abortion and combating "MAGA extremism," even as Hogan rejected Trump's endorsement. Alsobrooks is the first black senator from Maryland, a state with a 30% black population.

Alsobrooks was hit with a $47,000 tax bill after she was caught improperly claiming a tax credit meant for a homeowner's primary residence on a property that she rented. The home previously belonged to her grandmother; Alsobrooks also improperly claimed a tax break for low-income senior citizens.

The scandal didn't sink Alsobrooks, and Hogan, despite his relative popularity among Marylanders and anti-Trump bona fides that appealed to liberals, fell short in the deep blue state that elected him twice as governor.

"Now is the time for us to come together and to move forward as one state and one nation, to respect the will of the voters and the outcome of the democratic process,” Hogan said.

Hogan flops, Trump triumphs

While Hogan flopped, Republicans flipped the Senate anyway, picking up seats in West Virginia, Montana, and Ohio. Trump won a resounding mandate, sweeping the swing states and putting himself on track to win the popular vote.

Trump also did better with Hispanics than any Republican presidential candidate in modern history, repudiating the conventional wisdom that his tough rhetoric on immigration would alienate the growing demographic.

In short, it was a huge victory for Trump and a not so good one for his naysayers across the political spectrum, including Hogan, who has called Trump divisive and unfit for office.

Hogan had refused to cast a ballot in the presidential election, in protest of Trump.

“I’ve said all along that I would never vote for somebody I don’t believe in, and I think a lot of people respect that decision,” Hogan said.