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Do not delete this article - the person who nominated it for speedy deletion based their decision to do so on a preliminary version of the article.

As for Mara's importance, he is a rising star in the DC Republican Party and upset incumbent Councilmember and mayoral candidate Carol Schwartz in a primary.

- Someone get that image up and running pls - Also, perhaps consider beefing up the background info on mara using his campaign site, patrickmara.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Madison4 ( talk • contribs) 19:54, 4 August 2009 (UTC) reply