Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan greets workers at the MGM National Harbor Employment Center as they are trained on table games in Oxon Hill. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) called it a homecoming as he returned Wednesday to Prince George’s County, the place where he was raised and got his first taste of politics working on his father’s campaigns for office.

The governor officially went to the Democratic stronghold to announce funding for numerous road projects near National Harbor. But he couldn’t escape politics — both at the presidential and state level — in a county where he won just 14.9 percent of the vote in 2014, far less than he did in any other jurisdiction.

During the first stop of his half-day visit, Hogan was asked whether he planned to vote for Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive — and divisive — presidential nominee. And after months of refusing to directly answer the question, the popular Republican said, “No, I don’t plan to.

“I guess when I get behind the curtain I’ll have to figure it out,” Hogan said. “Maybe write someone in. I’m not sure.”

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Gov. Larry Hogan, center, talks with Sen. C. Anthony Muse (D-Prince George's), right, and others before a news conference to announce a $115.4 million project for an interchange at the intersection along MD 210 . (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Hogan was joined at various stops by state and local Democratic lawmakers from Prince George’s, including Del. Dereck E. Davis, Sen. C. Anthony Muse and County Council Chairman Derrick L. Davis.

Missing was County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D), who has tangled with Hogan over the past year over hospital, transportation and education funding and is widely considered a potential Democratic challenger to the governor in 2018.

“Mr. Baker was previously scheduled to host one of his routine ‘citizen days’ where he held nine separate meetings with residents who requested to meet with him on various issues,” said Scott Peterson, a spokesman for the county executive.

There was also no sign of Hogan’s 2014 Democratic opponent, former lieutenant governor Anthony G. Brown, who lives in Prince George’s and won 84.2 percent of the vote there when he ran for governor. In April, Brown beat out a crowded field to win the Democratic primary to succeed departing Rep. Donna F. Edwards (D-Md.) in Congress. In the overwhelmingly Democratic 4th Congressional District, he is widely expected to win the general election in ­November.

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Hogan mostly focused on nostalgia and on what he said were bright aspects of the county’s future, including a total of $115.4 million in planned road improvements near the National Harbor riverfront resort, and the planned opening of an MGM casino there later this year.

“It’s going to be a beautiful facility, a world-class facility,” Hogan said before a tour of the casino that was closed to reporters. “It’s going to have a tremendous impact on Prince George’s County and the state.”

The transportation project will affect a congested roadway near National Harbor and involves building an interchange to alleviate some of the traffic. Residents have pushed for improvements for years.

“This is a needed project for the region,” Peterson said. “We encourage the governor to fund the remaining projects along the MD-210 corridor to alleviate congestion.”

Hogan also visited a couple of dual-enrollment classes at Prince George’s County Community College, where high school students take a combined high school and college curriculum.

The governor, who on Tuesday announced the launch of two six-year high schools in Baltimore, said he hopes to provide more educational options that blend high school and college courses.

“It’s old home week being back in Prince George’s,” Hogan said as he emerged from his black SUV to tour the campus. “You know, I took some real estate courses here.”

Here and there, the governor ran into old friends, offering a bear hug to a longtime county government employee and sharing a memory about his dad with a local real estate agent.

At one point, he told a staffer: “This lady says she remembers when my dad was county executive, but I told her she’s too young for that.”

Lawrence Hogan Sr. (R) served as county executive from 1978 until 1982.