Annually, the REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) trustees spend days upon days fundraising, but the most important responsibility the trustees have is evaluating the many candidates in Cuyahoga and Summit Counties to determine whether or not they (the candidates) are REALTOR® Party champions worthy of RPAC support. To achieve this, the Trustees evaluate each political candidate’s position on REALTOR® Party issues only, his/her agenda, and electability to determine which campaigns are supported. RPAC is nonpartisan in its selection of candidates. The local Trustees make recommendations to our state and national associations on candidates at those levels as well.
The RPAC Trustees are appointed annually by the Board President to make RPAC decisions. They span the region and are extremely supportive of our advocacy efforts.
Recently, the Trustees of ACAR’s RPAC met over the course of 3 days to review a plethora of General Election campaigns in both Summit County and Cuyahoga County.
A few statistics about the candidate review process:
- 56 – Number of questionnaires distributed
- 36 – Number of candidates reviewed
- 29 – Number of hours spent on interviews and deliberations
- $80,000 – Dollars invested in local Realtor Party Champion campaigns in 2018 (to date)
The following candidates/campaigns are receiving RPAC support for the General Election. No candidates were endorsed by the Akron Cleveland Association of Realtors. A link to each person’s campaign is included where available.
2018 General Election RPAC Supported Candidates
- U.S. Senate – Sherrod Brown
- U.S. House, District 9 – Marcy Kaptur
- U.S. House, District 11 – Marcia Fudge
- U.S. House, District 13 – Tim Ryan
- U.S. House, District 14 – Dave Joyce
- U.S. House, District 16 – Anthony Gonzalez
- Ohio Governor / Lt. Governor – Mike DeWine & Jon Husted
- Ohio Attorney General – Dave Yost
- Ohio Secretary of State – Frank LaRose
- Ohio Supreme Court – Mary DeGenaro, Craig Baldwin
- Ohio Senate, District 21 – Sandra Williams
- Ohio Senate, District 23 – Nickie Antonio
- Ohio Senate, District 27 - Kristina Roegner
- Ohio House, District 6 – Phil Robinson
- Ohio House, District 7 – Tom Patton
- Ohio House, District 8 – Kent Smith
- Ohio House, District 9 – Janine Boyd
- Ohio House, District 11 – Stephanie Howse
- Ohio House, District 13 – Jay Carson
- Ohio House, District 14 – Bride Sweeney
- Ohio House, District 15 – Jeff Crossman
- Ohio House, District 16 – Dave Greenspan
- Ohio House, District 34 – Emilia Sykes
- Ohio House, District 35 – Tavia Galonski
- Ohio House, District 36 – Anthony DeVitis
- Ohio House, District 38 – Bill Roemer
- Cuyahoga County Executive – Armond Budish
- Cuyahoga County Council, District 9 – Shontel Brown
- Shaker Heights, Mayor – Julianna Johnston Senturia
- Summit County Council, District 7 – Bethany McKenney
- Summit County Council, At Large – John Donofrio
- Summit County Council, At Large – Elizabeth Walters
- Stow, Mayor – John Pribonic
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