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It’s hard to know whether Maryland’s Intercounty Connector, also known as the ICC and Route 200, will ever become informally known as Ehrlich Highway or the Ehrlich Connector, but it now has a shot. On Thursday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) dedicated the 18.8-mile toll road to his Republican predecessor and onetime boss, former governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., whom he credited with reviving and championing a road mired for decades in political controversy. “It wasn’t until Governor Bob Ehrlich made it a top priority of his administration that the Intercounty Connector project finally moved forward and became a reality,”...

More than a thousand fans of former Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. are expected to turn out Saturday for a family corn roast, where kids will be able to take pony rides while their parents pose for pictures with the Republican and his wife. Proceeds will go to a campaign account Ehrlich has kept open since his 2006 reelection loss. The event in Reisterstown comes a week after he was the main attraction at a Republican spaghetti dinner in Cockeysville and another event just days before, where he was warmly received over cocktails and hors d'oeuvres by a GOP...

ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. called for Republican unity yesterday at the state convention, where the selection of party chairman revealed divisions within the party after last month's widespread election defeats. "The hard left is in firm control of the state, and we don't have the votes to stop them," Mr. Ehrlich told party leaders in a ballroom at the Doubletree Hotel in Annapolis. "That's not the fate of Maryland in the long term. It's just where we are today." His remarks were more upbeat than those he made earlier in the day during his last appearance...

Dear fellow republicans & friends: Please mark your calendars now to attend a boistrous rally for George Bush & Dick Cheney at the hampton republican club, 3535 chestnut ave., at 7 pm on tuesday, october 5th. Sponsored by the independent-republican coalition of baltimore, this event is intended to put the media on notice that we republicans are really determined to win maryland for our team in november. No entry fee is required, and good food & soft drinks will be provided. Voluntary donations will be gratefully accepted at the door, 100% of which will go directly to local republican candidates...