Republican Larry Hogan's commitment to making Maryland more business friendly is beyond question, but his ability to deliver at this level is untested — he has never held elective office before — and his views on many of the other issues a governor must face are unformed or unknown. Democrat Anthony G. Brown is saying the right things about making Maryland's business climate more competitive, but it's hard to know how much faith to place in those promises of a new direction after his eight years as Mr. O'Malley's lieutenant governor and after the strikingly dishonest campaign he has run. It's also hard to judge how well he would be able to deliver on them after his role in the disastrous launch of Maryland's health insurance exchange website. After much deliberation, we concluded Mr. Brown is the better bet.