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"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

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