Two years after upending veteran At-Large D.C. Council Member Carol Schwartz in a low-turnout Republican primary, Patrick Mara is ready to start knocking on the doors of District voters again.

Mara is charting an electoral course that is the polar opposite of Carol Schwartz.  Schwartz served two terms on the school board representing Ward Three before running city-wide and toppling another veteran incumbent in 1984’s Republican primary. After denying “Carol” – as she loves to be known to voters – her renomination, Mara came up short in the at-large Council general election. This election, he’s setting his sights closer to home.