Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland said Sunday that former President Donald Trump has cost the GOP the last three elections and that it’s time to reevaluate what’s important to the party.   

  “It’s basically the third election in a row that Donald Trump has cost us the race, and it’s like, three strikes, you’re out,” Hogan said during an appearance on “State of the Union” with CNN’s Dana Bash.   

  “That should have been a huge red wave.  It would have to be one of the biggest red waves we’ve ever had,” added Hogan, who could not run for a third term in Maryland this year.  Despite President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings, the governor said his party “still hasn’t delivered.”   

  “I think common-sense conservatives who focused on talking about issues that people care about, like the economy, crime and education, really won,” Hogan said.  “But the people who tried to redo the 2020 election and focused on conspiracy theories … were all rejected almost universally.”   

  Hogan did not endorse Dan Cox, the Trump-backed Republican candidate to succeed him as governor of Maryland.  Cox, who had defeated Hogan’s handpicked candidate in the GOP primary, has made false allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Democrats continued to seek re-election for the governor of deep-blue Maryland last week, according to CNN , with the election of Wes Moore as the state’s first black governor.   

  Hogan stressed the importance of Republicans going back to the drawing board to find “a more hopeful, positive vision.”   

  “We need to get back to a party that appeals to more people, that can win in tough places, like I did in Maryland,” Hogan said.   

  Trump’s impact on the party was not lost on Hogan.   

  “There’s no question, he’s still the 800-pound gorilla and it’s still a battle,” Hogan said.   

  Asked by Bash if Trump’s upcoming “special announcement” this week could affect the upcoming Senate runoff in Georgia, Hogan said, “There’s no doubt about it.”   

  Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff after neither candidate was projected to clear the 50 percent threshold needed to win the primary outright.  The Georgia runoff is not expected to affect the race for control of the Senate, after CNN predicted that Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto will be re-elected in Nevada, ensuring that Democrats will hold at least 50 seats.  (Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, is able to break any 50-50 tie.)   

  Hogan called Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis “one of the important voices for the party.”  DeSantis, who was projected to comfortably win his bid for a second term last week, is seen as a potential 2024 contender for the GOP’s presidential bid.   

  Hogan dodged a question about running for president in 2024, saying, “I still have to do my day job until January 18.”