As recently as last week, Hogan publicly shrugged off talk of an intraparty challenge to Trump — who, despite his unpopularity among the electorate overall, retained the approval of 83 percent of GOP voters in the March 22-24 poll, which has a margin of error of 4 percentage points among Republicans.

After his trip to Iowa earlier this month, Hogan is set to speak at Politics and Eggs in New Hampshire on April 23, and one of his aides reportedly told the Washington Examiner he is still mulling a run against the president.

Hogan enjoys broad support in his home state, with the second-highest approval rating (68 percent) of any governor in the country according to Morning Consult’s latest rankings. Eighty-five percent of GOP voters in the Old Line State approved of Hogan’s job performance in the fourth quarter of 2018, placing him just behind Republican Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Chris Sununu of New Hampshire in terms of popularity with the party’s base.

Despite his favorability at home, 58 percent of Republicans nationwide said they’d never heard of the Maryland governor – about the same as the share who said they’d never heard of Weld. One in 10 Republicans across the country said they had a favorable view of Hogan, while 13 percent said they had an unfavorable view.