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Ohio
Republican Party - Greetings!
I
want to give you a special update about an
initiative underway at the Ohio Republican Party to expand our
grassroots
organization through a new Coalitions Program.
From
elections for the White House to
Courthouse voters share their specific interests about important issues
that
unite us. These key issues drive support for our Republican candidates.
And
every election cycle both national and state campaigns spend precious
time and
resources hastily recreating grassroots outreach programs that
disappear soon
after the election is over.
The
Ohio Republican Party has been at work
building seven new coalitions that will become permanent organizational
arms of
the Party. The new Ohio Republican Party coalitions include:
Agriculture
Coalition
Sportsmen
Federation
Faith
and Values Coalition
2nd
Amendment Rights Advocates
Veterans
Coalition
Small
Business Owners Alliance
Educators
Coalition
These
coalitions will be a permanent network
for all 88 Ohio counties. The members of each coalition will lead voter
registration and issue advocacy activities at community events and also
help to
recruit new volunteers.
A
Successful Start
Last
week, members of our Sportsmen Federation,
Veterans Coalition and Agriculture Coalition gathered at ORP
headquarters to
plan outreach efforts and identify county coordinators. Once leadership
teams
are put in place, each coalition will host kick-off events this fall.
Key
leaders of the Ohio Republican Party
Sportsmen Federation met on Saturday, April 6 to plan for a Fish Fry
kick-off
event in August and other smaller regional outreach events this summer.
Mike
Budzik from Hocking County will lead the next meeting at the Black Wing
Shooting Center in Deleware in May.
State
Senator Frank LaRose, an Iraq war
veteran from Akron is leading our
Veterans Coalition. Their first meeting was on Sunday, April 7 and
members
began to identify their 88 county coordinators and plan future events.
The
largest employment sector in Ohio is
agriculture and agribusiness. We are fortunate to have State Senator
Bob
Peterson, an eighth generation family farmer in Fayette County leading
this
coalition. His co-chair is longtime Republican activist Terry McClure,
a farm
business owner in Paulding County. Coalition members met on Monday,
April 8 and
discussed future GOP activities for county fair season this summer.
Moving
Forward
We
will share more information with you as
coalition activities begin in the summer and fall.
Please share this email with anyone you think
may be interested in joining our new coalitions program. If you would like to get
involved in your
county or would like more information, please contact Susan Waidner,
our new
Coalitions Director, at (614) 228-2481 or by email waidner@ohiogop.org.
In
addition to our coalitions program, we are
also building support for our auxiliary organizations such as the Ohio
Latino
Republican and Ohio Teenage Republican groups.
Ohio
Latino Republicans
We
are pleased to announce that Grace Ramos, a
Republican leader from Greene County, will launch the Ohio Latino
Republican
group. A meeting is planned for May, and the group will begin a
localized
outreach program this summer. If
you are
interested in joining our Ohio Latino Republicans advisory board or to
become a
member, please contact Susan Waidner, Coalitions Director, at (614)
228-2481 or
by email waidner@ohiogop.org.
Ohio
Teenage Republicans
A
special thank you in advance to Butler County
Chairman David Kern and leaders of the Butler County Teenage
Republicans for
their help preparing chapter start-up materials for our new Ohio
Teenage
Republican group. The Butler County Teenage Republicans are an
impressive
success story that we want to replicate across Ohio. If you are
interested in
starting a Teenage Republican Club, please let us know!
For
news and updates from our new groups and
coalitions, follow our new Twitter account @ORPoutreach.
Please
support these new initiatives and let us
know if you would like to be involved!
Sincerely,
Matt
Borges
Executive
Director, Ohio Republican Party
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