Christie considered a fifth trip to Maryland to celebrate Larry Hogan's victory New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came to Maryland four times to campaign with Larry Hogan, the state's Republican governor-elect. On Election Night, he nearly made a fifth trip. Hogan told a packed room of reporters Wednesday that he had received a call late the night before from Christie while he was waiting for Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D) to concede the race. "He was pretty excited," Hogan said. "He said, "I want to get in my helicopter and fly down there right now. I want to be with you at your party. I said, "Governor, how long is it going to take you to get here?" and he said an hour. And I said, "We just can't wait that long."" Christie's final appearance in Maryland was Sunday at a Hogan rally in Baltimore, where he predicted that Hogan would pull off "the biggest upset in the entire country" Tuesday. Christie, chairman of the Republican Governors Association and a possible 2016 presidential candidate, also used the occasion to taunt Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D). Christie told the crowd that he had read a Washington post article in which O'Malley said he was "a little nervous" about the Election Day prospects of Brown, whom he had endorsed. "Hey Marty - don't waste your time being nervous," Christie said.