A former Carroll commissioner candidate hopes his new Republican club boosts political participation, cleans up the mudslinging of the past election and heals the division within the local GOP party.

“I still have people who ask, ?Are you running for office?? and the election was weeks ago,” said Doug Howard, who became Gov. Robert Ehrlich?s county campaign coordinator after his primary defeat.

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