



"It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy"
-President Barack Obama
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Leadership Roster 01152019
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Opinion of the Rules & Reference Committee 01242019
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Enforcement Order of the Rules & Reference Committee 01282019
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Our Team
Central Committee:
Hon. Anne McPherson, Bedford 1-A, 3rd Term (includes appointed and elected terms).
- Member of the Central Committee, 2010 – Present
- Member of the Executive Committee, 2011 – Present
- Deputy Democratic Leader for the City of Bedford, 2016 – Present
- Democratic Whip, 2012 - 2016
- Chair, Minority, Faith-Based, and LGBT Outreach Committee, 2016-Present
- Donald J. Grossenbaugh Democratic Woman of the Year Award Recipient: 2012
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Hon. Keith Collins, Bedford 1-B, 1st Term
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Hon. John Hardy, Bedford 2-A, 1st Term
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Hon. Edwina Reese, Bedford 3-A, 4th Term (includes appointed and elected terms)
- Member of the Central Committee, 2003-2006 and 2010-Present
- Member of the Executive Committee, 2010-Present
- Democratic Whip, 2016-Present
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Hon. Victor Fluharty, Bedford 3-B, 2nd Term.
- Member of the Central Committee, 2014-Present
- Member of the Executive Committee, 2014-Present
- Treasurer, 2016-Present
- Deputy Democratic Whip, 2017-Present
- Ward 3 City Council Representative, City of Bedford, January 2018 - Present
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Hon. Claudine Trice, Bedford 4-A, 1st Term.
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Hon. Paula Mizsak, Bedford 4-B, 6th Term (includes appointed and elected terms).
- Member of the Central Committee, 1986-2002, January 2018-Present.
- Member of the Executive Committee, 1990-2002.
- Chair, Local Elected Officials Caucus, 2012-Present
- Donald J. Grossenbaugh Democratic Woman of the Year Award Recipient: 2011
- Rose M. Grossenbaugh Democratic Woman of the Year Award Recipient with Distinction: 2017.
- Ward 4 City Council Representative, City of Bedford, January 1996 – Present
- Vice Mayor, City of Bedford, Ohio, January 2016 – Present
- Dean of the Bedford City Council, January 2018 – Present
- Member, Bedford Board of Zoning Appeals, 1984-1994
Hon. Nancy M. Lachowski, Bedford 5-A, 11th Term.
- Dean of the Central Committee
- 3rd Democratic Leader, City of Bedford and Village of Walton Hills, 1999-2006
- Assistant Democratic Leader, City of Bedford and Village of Walton Hills, 1990-1999; 2010-2012
- Treasurer, Bedford/Walton Hills Democratic Party and the former Bedford Democratic Club, 2003-2012.
- President, the former Bedford Democratic Club, 1997-2003.
- Central Committee, 1974-2014, 2018-Present
- Executive Committee, 1982-2010
- Donald J. Grossenbaugh Democratic Woman of the Year Award Recipient, 2010.
- Donald J. Grossenbaugh Democratic Woman of the Year Award with Distinction, 2014.
- Peter J. Dickson Distinguished Service Award Recipient.
- Commissioner, City of Bedford Civil Service Commission, 1986-Present
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Hon. Donald A. Saunders, Bedford 6-A, 3rd Term.
- Member of the Central Committee, 2010-Present
- Member of the Executive Committee, 2010-Present
- 6th Democratic Leader, City of Bedford and Village of Walton Hills, 2014-2016
- Assistant Democratic Leader, City of Bedford and Village of Walton Hills, 2012-2014
- Deputy Democratic Leader, City of Bedford, 2011-2012.
- Donald J. Grossenbaugh Democratic Man of the Year Award Recipient, 2011
- Ward 6 City Council Representative, City of Bedford, January 1998 – Present
- Member, National Steering Committee, Democratic Municipal Officials
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Hon. Raymond Weeden, Walton Hills A, 2nd Term (includes appointed and elected terms)
- Member of the Central Committee, 2017-Present
- Member of the Executive Committee, 2017-Present
- Deputy Democratic Leader for the Village of Walton Hills, 2017-Present
- First African American Official in Walton Hills
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Hon. Barbara Parks, Walton Hills B, 1st Term.
Leadership:
Hon. Jennifer M. Allen
- Assistant Democratic Leader, City of Bedford and Village of Walton Hills, 2016-Present
- Deputy Democratic Leader, Village of Walton Hills, 2010 – Present
- Member of the Central Committee, 2010 – 2018
- Member of the Executive Committee, 2010 – Present
- Council Representative, Village of Walton Hills, January 2018 – Present
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The Democratic Leader
Hon. Andrew C.M. Mizsak
- 5th Democratic Leader, 2008-2014; 7th Democratic Leader, 2016-Present
- Member of the Central Committee, Bedford 4-B, 2002-2014; 2016-2017
- Member of the Executive Committee, 2002-2014, 2016-Present
- Assistant Democratic Leader, 2002-2008
- Director of Political Operations, 2004-2014, August 2016-Present
- Vice President, the former Bedford Democratic Club, 2003-2008
- Shoemaker Fellow in Democratic Leadership, Ohio Democratic Leadership Institute (NE Region Chair), 2013-Present
- Donald J. Grossenbaugh Democratic Man of the Year Award Recipient, 2010
- Member of the Bedford City School District Board of Education, 2006-2009
- Member and Chairman, City of Bedford Board of Zoning Appeals, 2002-2005