CENTRAL OREGON
Association of REALTORS®

RPAC: A REALTOR'S Best Investment in Real Estate

The REALTORS^® Political Action Committee (RPAC) is the only political action committee in the country dedicated to furthering the real estate industry. Since its inception over forty years ago, RPAC has worked to ensure that the real estate industry speaks with a unified voice, and continues to provide an influential political presence in our nation's capital, state legislatures and local governments.

The Oregon REALTORS^® Political Action Committee (ORPAC) and the Central Oregon Association of REALTORS^® Political Action Committee (COARPAC) are RPAC's state and local partners that have the sole purpose of ensuring that the "Voice of Real Estate" is heard in Salem and locally.

Since 1969 RPAC has promoted the election of pro-REALTOR^® candidates across the United States. The purpose of RPAC is clear: REALTORS^® raise and spend money to elect candidates who understand and support their interests. The money to accomplish this comes from the voluntary contributions made by REALTORS^®. These are not members' dues, but money given freely by REALTORS^® in recognition of how important campaign fundraising is to the political process. RPAC doesn't buy votes. RPAC enables REALTORS^® to support the issues that are important to their profession and livelihood.

From 2004 to 2009, RPAC raised over $30 million dollars to support pro-REALTOR^® candidates running for Congress. The amount of money RPAC spends to support candidates makes it the number- one trade association PAC in the nation. REALTORS^® are a key part of the American dream: homeownership. But now, more than ever, REALTORS^® are facing forces from many directions that threaten their profession. Property tax burdens, lack of available financing and difficulties in short sales transactions are only a few of the issues that somewhere, every day, REALTORS^® confront when selling a home. RPAC allows REALTORS^® to make sure their concerns about these issues are heard and understood by public officials.

Here in Oregon the PAC's are no less important. ORPAC helps support candidates for state office who share REALTORS^® concerns about housing affordability, business practices, health insurance availability and an improved land use system. The Oregon REALTORS^® Government Affairs team has helped modernize real estate license laws, protected REALTORS^® from frivolous litigation, reform land use laws, and protected homeowners from real estate transfer taxes.

Locally, COARPAC has played a key role in helping COAR's Government Affairs program to ensure that REALTORS^® can reasonably use real estate signs to serve their clients, to urge local governments to maintain the statutorily required 20-year supply of land, to fight for housing affordability by opposing rising permit fees and SDCs, to oppose and combat the negative effects of anti-business and no-growth public policies. In 2008, COARPAC supported 85% of the winning candidates in Central Oregon, including many who defeated incumbents.

COARPAC, ORPAC and RPAC are essential to ensure that the "Voice of Real Estate" is heard by elected and appointed officials at all levels of government.

Listed below are Central Oregon's most recent RPAC/ORPAC/COARPAC leaders.

COARPAC's REALTOR^® Party Champions for 2010

Sterling "R" ($1,000)
Barb Myers
Darrin Kelleher
Bob McClung
Dave Feagans

Summit Club ($500+)

Pioneer Club ($250 - $499)
Dave Woodland
Nancy Melrose
Wendy Adkisson
Vikki Breese Iverson
Al Eastwood
Central Oregonians for Affordable Housing
John Fettig
Lester Friedman
Alexis Hlavacek
Louis Hoffman
Frank Koster
Sheree MacRitchie
Joanne McKee
Kim Warner

99'er Club ($99 - $249)

Elizabeth Baker
Gene Cartwright
Dennis Clark
Haley Dahlquist
Mike Hoover
Pat Mahody
Steve Smiley
Jason Boone
Norma DuBois
Melody Luelling
Kathy Ragsdale
Andrew Silva
Terry Skjerssa
Angelee Wray
Linda Abbas
Sydne Anderson
Troy Batson
Gene Bennington
Deborah Benson
Nate Berry
Charlie Brown
Clyde Browning
Keith Clinton
Charles Cushman
Hallie Dew
Dick Dodson
Rad Dyer
John Gallaway
Sonya Gangstead
John Gist
Tom Greene
Richard Hadley
Scott Halligan
Tom Harris
Scott Hawes
Dan Heater
Dennis Kerr
Gay Klein
Sara Lafaver
Reese Madison
Priscilla Martin
Pamela Mayo Phillips
Patricia McMeen
Don Montgomery
Cheryl Morgan-Maki
Dawn Newton
Patrick Oliver
Dean Olson
Becky Ozrelic
Dan Pahlisch
Doreen Rawlins
Mike Reed
Mark Rieger
Chris Stamos
Peter Storton
Bobbie Strome
Norma Tewalt
Judy Thorgeirsson
Natalie Vandenborn
Dannie Walker
Joanne Wildman
Greg Yeakel
Shauna Zinn

Investor Club ($50 - $98)

Lorraine Abney
Deanna Adzima
Bob Ahern
Michael Aid
Nick Amundson
Gary Andersen
Joy Andersen
John Anderson
Chet Antonsen
Herb Arathoon
Larry Bailey
Barbara Baker
Michelle Baker-O'Keefe
Fred Baldwin
Gail Ballantyne
Judy Bannon
Jaynee Beck
Bill Bellamy
Woody Bennett
Penny Bennington
Robert Bennington
Kenneth Bentz
Chris Bernard
Susan Bird
Catherine Black
Jay Black
Leroy Blake
John Blaser
Robert Bleile
Sunny Bliss
Jennifer Bowen
Korren Bower
Vernon Bowers
Don Brandos
Catherine Break
Mary Breeden
Delean Brennan
Jim Brennan
Cleve Brock
Greg Broderick
Sherry Brooks
Jeannene Brown-Aid
Rebecca Brunoe
Jeanette Brunot
Tim Buccola
Julia Buckland
Deli Busher
Lisa Campbell
Fred Canfield
Gene Cartwright
Lynn Cauble
Nick Chaney
Jim Cheney
Roxanne Cheney
Janelle Christensen
Dennis Clark
Jodi Clark
Clair Clarke
Corinne Clarke
Ellen Clough
Heather Coleman
Peggy Lee Combs
Audrey Cook
Fred Coyle
Jerry Crafton
Diane Cross
Linda Cross
Laura Curry
Robert Curzon
Cate Cushman
Tabitha Dahl
Frank Dailey
Carole Davis
Rob Davis
Ron Davis
Everett Decker
Curtis Delamarter
Edie DeLay
Patty Dempsey
Rookie Dickens
Dennis Doi
Brad Driggers
William DuBois
Sharon Dunlevy
Dave Dunn
Rob Durand
Jonathan Durbin
Carol Dye
Joe Dye
Debbie Dyer
Kevin Dyer
Carolyn Emick
Gary Everett
Michael Everidge
Jane Flood
Greg Floyd
Dick Flynn
Mark Ford
Janet Fouse
Gary Fowles
Lesli Fox
Teresa Freeman
Katlin Friedman
Linda Frost
Cheryl Gardner
Holly Garner
Jay Garner
Matthew Garner
Sandy Garner
Rhonda Garrison
Mary Gillen
Christie Glennon
Sandy Goodsell
Rhonda Grall
Bryant Green
Dan Griffin
Shelley Griffin
Jordan Haase
Janette Haines
Mark Halvorsen
Darrell Hamel
Jeff Hammack
Mike Hardie
Sandra Harris
Lisa Hart
Candice Harvey
Brook Havens
Debbie Hershey
Lori Hickerson
Tony Hill
Kevin Holland
Lewis Hollander
Nola Horton Jones
Doug Houser
Scott Huggin
Shelly Hummel
Lawnae Hunter
Valerie Hunter
Diana Irvine
Bob Jeans
Cheryl Jenison
Joanna Johns
Lynn Johns
Donna Johnson
Fred Johnson
Leanne Johnson
Fritz Johnston
Bryce Jones
Casey Jones
Jeff Jones
Meredith Junge
Richard Junge
Kristine Jurgenson
Bill Kammerer
Ginny Kansas-Meszaros
Nancy Kelleher
John Kelley
Bruce Kemp
Randall Kemp
Ross Kennedy
Patrick Kesgard
Lori Ketchum
Brenda King
Russell Kirk
Tim Knopp
Sandra Kohlmoos
Kit Korish
Richard Korowicki
Michael Kozak
Barbara Krumwiede
Lisa Lamberto
Debra Lane
John Lappin
Babette Larson
Judy Layport
Bea Leach
Susan Lee
Pamela Lester
Connie Lieto
Loryn Light
Melvin Long
Shane Lundgren
Glenda Mackie
Phyllis Mageau
Melanie Maitre
Karen Malanga
Scott Malk
Mike Mansker
Debbie Martorano
Sue Marx
Alison Mata
Stacy Matheson
Peter May
Ali Mayea
Deanne Mc Brien-Lee
Shannon McCabe
Melanie McCarthy
Fran McCormick
Jon McCumsey
Kellie McDonald
Carey McQuate
Dianne Middle
Gregory Miller
Lynnea Miller
Karen Milne
Phyllis Minisce
Connie Mitchell
Jeanne Moir
David Monaghan
Rob Moore
Douglas Myers
Lynne Myers
Lucas Nelson
Carol Neumann
Gaila Noel
Diana Norem
Rob Norem
Walter Norton
Sheryl Ortega
Glenn Oseland
Carol Osgood
Nancie Owens
Lisa Owings
Pat Palazzi
Kevin Pangle
Bill Panton
Rick Parrott
Jeff Parsons
Brenda Peck
Rick Peters
Andrea Phelps
Nancy Popp
Bill Porter
Jeff Powell
Tammy Powell
Megan Power
Carolyn Priborsky
Renee Price
James Prosser
David Quiros
Scott Ralston
Brook Randall
Tom Rannells
Jerry Rawlins
Ryan Reed
Kris Rees
Ken Renner
Heather Renz
Dave Reynolds
Janet Reynolds
Kristi Rickman
Kat Rider
Cleme Rinehart
Jack Rinn
Bill Robie
Angelo Roes
Patsy Roome
Marcheta Roser
Ronald Ross
Virginia Ross
Mary Ruby
Stephanie Ruiz
Virginia Runge
David Sailors
Marcella Schoenberg
Neal Scholey
Sue Schubert
Steve Scott
Susan Sealock
Linda Sealock Schmitz
Carolyn Severance
Beverly Sherrer
Janay Shores
Glenda Sibbald
Peggy Slaton
Craig Smith
Gloria Smith
Gregory Smith
John Snippen
Danielle Snow
Terryle St. Jeor
Dan Steelhammer
Joan Steelhammer
John Stone
Sheri Storey
Mary Stratton
Mary Strong
Shelly Swanson
Carolyn Swisher
Charles Tebbs
April Templeton
Corrina Thompson
Mary Thurman
Martha Tiller
Gary Tingey
Janis Torsey
Gary Trent
Jeanne Turner
Dawn Ulrickson
Mark Valceschini
Paula Van Vleck
Gerald Veenker
Rafe Veenker
Kris Warner
Michael Warren II
John Watkins
Roger Wayland
Mark Weers
Kevin White
Bob Wienk
Keily Wiley
Steve Wilson
Mark Worthington
Sherm Wright
Robin Yeakel
Dirk Zeller