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Members of the Ohio Republican Party State Central Committee:
Men: Vote for Mike Berger
Women: Vote for Amanda Suffecool or Stephanie Stock

County Commissioner:
Incumbent Tony Badalamenti vs Jill Crawford. We have already Endorsed Jill Crawford and you can read that endorsement by clicking here. We recommend that you Vote for Jill Crawford.

Incumbent Sabrina Christian-Bennett vs Sherry Griffith. We have supported Sabrina Christian-Bennett in the past but she has not even asked for our endorsement this time. We do not know Sherry Griffith very well but she is supported by Sheriff Zuchowski who we do support. We are not going to Endorse Either Candidate in this race and we ask that you decide on your own.

All other positions on the ballot are un-opposed.

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My Fellow Portage County Citizens:

I have NOTHING to do with the mailers and activity attacking my opponent. I know nothing about it until someone notifies me of what they're receiving.

For that, I'm hearing Pavliga paid over $181,000 to Stephens' $3million slush fund to slander my character with lies and deceit on cable TV and radio.

Then they slandered our businesses with more of the same. Who knows what they'll come up with next.

All because I had the audacity to stand against THEIR corruption. It disgusts me these same liars represent me, my family, my church, and my community in Columbus. They are morally bankrupt.

Is that who you want representing you and your family? Raise your voice at the polls. Go to the Board of Elections and bank your vote!

Not sure who to vote for? Meet me here (Tuesday) and you'll hear the truth about what's on the line.

Heidi Workman YOUR Candidate for Ohio House from Portage County

(Note from Tom Z: It is actually illegal for the candidate or their campaign to "coordinate" with the PAC's and the organizations sending out these hit pieces on both candidates. Heidi Workman has NOTHING TO DO with the mailings, text messages, social media posts attacking Pavliga. All this money being spent in this horrific fight for POWER in Columbus is spent by the Teachers Unions trying to buy Republicans and the Republican Establishment trying to keep control of Republicans! No one is going to "Control" Heidi Workman except the People of Portage County who she will faithfully Represent! You have my word on it!

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In a Text Message Friday to Portage County Voters Congressman Jim Jordan announced his support for Heidi Workman’s campaign for State Representative in the March 19th Republican primary. He knows Heidi is a true conservative leader and America First candidate. Workman, a former neonatal ICU nurse and national leader for your constitutional rights, is running for state representative in Portage County. Heidi adds Congressman Jordan’s support to a long list of endorsements that include: Gen Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor, Ohio Value Voters, Ohio Citizens PAC, Portage County Tea Party, Ohio Conservatives PAC, Ohio 2A Owners, Associated Builders and Contractors of Ohio, and more! Send Heidi to Columbus and she’ll work to Make America Great Again!

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Did You get this Hit Piece in your Mail Yesterday in Portage County?

Desperate and Despicable Blue 22 Traitor and now PROVABLE LIAR Gail Pavliga got "support" yesterday from Democrat/RINO House Speaker Jason Stephens and the Democrat Unions when they mailed this HIT PIECE to every Republican in Portage County.

Their is only one problem . . . The "dark money special interests group that opposes President Trump", who they claim is supporting Heidi Workman, is Americans for Prosperity (AFP), which is anti-Trump and is sending out mailers supporting many of the challengers to the Blue 22. 

However, as you can see in the text that Heidi sent to me and members of her campaign staff on January 6, 2024, AFP withdrew their supportof Heidi after she posted Pro-Trump statements on social media and she told them she would not take them down!!! You won't be getting any AFP mailers supporting Heidi Workman and the entire premise of this mailing is a blatant LIE!

They even paid to run TV ads in Portage County to try to convince you that Heidi Workman is Anti-Trump! I guess that is why Gail Pavliga told Heidi not to run against her because "the Democrat Unions will give me all the money I need to get re-elected"! 

I've got news for you Gail, on March 19th We the People of Portage County are going to throw you out of OUR Ohio House and then take it back from the Democrats next year when we show Jason Stephens the door! SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE!



 

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PRESS RELEASE

Portage County TEA Party Endorses
Jill Crawford for Portage County Commissioner

For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Contact: Tom Zawistowski, TomZ@OhioCitizensPAC.org

Akron, OH: Tom Zawistowski, Executive Director of the Portage County TEA Party and the Treasurer of the Ohio Citizens PAC, announced today that both organizations are endorsing Jill Crawford for County Commissioner in Portage County for the March 19, 2024 Republican Primary. In making the endorsement, Zawistowski focused on Crawford's qualifications for the job as well as her family's long time relationship with the Portage County TEA Party. 

Zawistowski said, "I have known Jill Crawford for many years as her late husband Carl Crawford was the Treasurer for the Portage County TEA Party for almost its entire 15 year existance. Carl Crawford played an integral role in our turning Portage County from totally blue to totally red. It was Jill Crawford who helped make it possible for Carl to give the time, effort and money they gave as a family to help elect conservatives to most of the key elected positions in Portage County."

Zawistowski continued, "Since Carl's passing, Jill Crawford has stepped up to support conservative candidates, like our own Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski, and recently decided to run for office herself. I will be the first to tell you, and she will confirm, that she is no politician! Jill is a very accomplished Certified Public Accountant with over 30 years of experience. She is not one to be swayed by emotions when making a decision. She is a practical, commonsense, fact based, conservative who will be as tight with your tax dollars as she is with her own family budget! As a County Commissioner, we need people who can analyze complex situations and determine the best, and least expensive, way to do what is best for the citizens of Portage County. That defines Jill Crawford to a tee!"

Zawistowski concluded, "We in the Portage County TEA Party are so proud of Jill for being willing to run for office in order to serve the county she loves so much. We ask that all conservative Republican voters in Portage County share our endorsement with everyone they know so that they can vote for Jill Crawford for Portage County Commissioner in the March Primary. Remember, early voting starts next week on February 21, 2024! Anyone who would like to donate to help us elect Jill Crawford can do so by Clicking Here to Donate to the Ohio Citizens PAC which will be helping to promote her campaign."

Read Jill Crawford's Letter to You

Dear Portage County Voter:

I am Jill Crawford and would like to introduce myself as I hope to serve you as your Portage County Commissioner.

In the economic times we are facing at a national, state, and local level, it is important that there is strong oversight of the fiscal duties that impact how Portage County tax dollars are spent. The Board of County Commissioners is granted administrative duties to support and promote development as well as fiscal responsibilities to oversee and coordinate the county General Fund across various departments and services. The Board of County Commissioners is essentially the custodian of the county’s checkbook.
Providing transparency and accountability to you, the taxpayer, should remain the focus for making financial decisions with these tax dollars. Strong analytical skills are important to properly evaluate issues brought forward for consideration. The skill set I have developed as a professional in the financial area will be relevant and valuable to making these types of decisions.

I am well qualified to serve as County Commissioner. I graduated with honors from Kent State University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. I am a Certified Public Accountant, and I have over 30 years of experience practicing at national and regional public accounting firms as well as at a large, privately held business. I gained valuable insight during my career to the challenges faced by entities whether in the private or public sector. I have strong analytical skills to work through relevant facts to make decisions. The traits demonstrated over my professional career are instilled in me, and I will apply these same traits and professionalism to this office.

My roots in Portage County run deep. I have been a resident for over twenty-five years. My late husband Carl and I chose to live here and to raise our son Joseph in this community. Joseph attends Kent State University, continuing to reside in the county where he was raised, further strengthening my family commitment to this area.

Why am I seeking an elected county office? Many reasons come to mind including a very personal one. My late husband was active in local political organizations including the Portage County Republican Party as well as serving as a campaign treasurer for several candidates. He was passionate about his love for this great country as well as the belief that even one voice can make a difference. I share that passion and that belief. I will be your voice.

I am asking for your vote as I am well qualified and will bring transparency, accountability, and professionalism to the office. The opportunity to represent my county through the role of County Commissioner is a privilege in which I will take great pride and responsibility. I look forward to serving the county which so many other families like mine have chosen to call home.

Respectfully,

Jill Crawford

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Portage County TEA Party Endorses Heidi Workman for Ohio House after "Blue 22" Traitor Gail Pavliga Votes AGAINST Portage County Values in Ohio Education Committee Vote Today!

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Contact: Tom Zawistowski, TomZ@PortageCountyTEAParty.com

Portage County, Ohio: Today the Portage County TEA Party Executive Director, Tom Zawistowski, announced that the organization is endorsing Heidi Workman in the March 19, 2024 Republican Primary to replace failed Ohio House member Gail Pavliga, whom the group had previously elected twice. Zawistowski made it clear in his announcement that the only way to get honest representation is not just to elect people to office who share your values, but to be able to Un-Elect those who betray the voters and their values. Today, Gail Pavligia totally betrayed the conservative voters of Portage County who put her in office twice.

Zawistowski said,"Gail Pavliga was nobody. She had no name ID. She had no money. She had no political experience. She came to the Portage County TEA Party in 2019 as a candidate who wanted to run for the Ohio House. She said that she believed in our conservative values. She participated in our Liberty Camp for Kids and professed her love of the Constitution. We elected her to the Ohio House in 2020 and again in 2022. Then immediately after the election just a year ago, Gail Pavliga took the bribe from the Democrat Teachers Unions and betrayed everyone who voted for her."

Zawistowski continued, "The Conservative voters of Ohio elected the largest super-majorities in the Ohio House and Senate in Ohio HISTORY in 2022 because we wanted to take back our schools and our government from the woke radical leftists. We wanted to end the indoctrination of our children with the anti-American Critical Race Theory (CRT) lies, we wanted freedom to make our own medical decisions, we wanted to stop the assault on our values from the racist and sexist Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and radical trans-agenda, we wanted election reform and more. The Republicans we elected promised to deliver those things and more. Until we were betrayed."

Zawistowski explained, "When the"Blue 22 Traitors", including Gail Pavliga, voted with 33 Democrats last January to steal the House Speaker position, all that we had voted for in the 2022 election was derailed. Today was the last straw. When Gail Pavliga voted against the Ohio Education Reform Bill in a Committee vote, she showed what a sellout she is. At one point during the Committee discussion of the bill Pavliga actually said that she could not decide until she talks to Kent State about the bill!!! Kent State didn't elected you Gail WE DID! Did you come home and ask your voters how you should vote??? Of course you didn't. It is clear to us that "Professor Pavliga" doesn't give a damn about protecting our children or representing the values of the voters in Portage County who elected her. She is too busy kissing Kent State's ass in the hope of getting a job there once we throw her out of the Ohio House." 

Zawistowski asked, "Look at what was in this Senate Bill 83 today. What is in this that my fellow Portage Patriots haven't wanted for years??? Key provisions of the bill include:

• Prohibiting mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs
• Allowing tenured professors to be fired
• Modifying collective bargaining agreements
• Requiring students to take a course in the subject area of American government or history
• Preventing professors from taking stances in the classroom on controversial topics, which include issues such as climate policies, electoral politics, foreign policies, DEI, immigration, marriage, or abortion policies
• Prohibiting universities from taking public positions on these controversial topics
• Requiring course syllabi to be made publicly available online
• Preventing unions from negotiating on tenure

Gail Pavliga voted NO on ALL of this and Now She Must Go!!! Thankfully Eight REAL Republicans voted YES and moved the bill out of the Committee so that it can now go to the House floor perhaps as early as next week."

Zawistowski concluded by saying, "Get the hell out of our House, Gail! Get the hell out of Portage County for that matter! Gail told our endorsed candidate Heidi Workman when they first met a few months ago that the "Democrat Unions will give me all the money I need to get re-elected, so don't bother running against me." Well Gail, the Democrats don't run Portage County and they never elected you to anything. You can have Nancy Pelosi and the whole damned DNC come in and give you all the money they want, but WE THE POEPLE of Portage County who Elected You are going to THROW YOUR ASS OUT IN MARCH. You shouldn't even file to run for re-election, Gail. You should resign in shame right now because you represent the most vile and disgusting part of corrupt politics. You are a dirty traitor who put your personal interests ahead of your voters and we don't have to take your abuse and we will not stand for it. I ask my fellow Portage County Patriots to share this email with everyone they knowand if you see Traitor Gail anywhere in town, let her know how you feel. Then vote her the hell out in the Republican Primary."

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Meet our New House Candidate!

 

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Ohio Voters Defeat AUGUST Issue 1 by 57%-43%
in Record Turnout for an August Election

Akron, OH: Today, Tom Zawistowski, President of the national We the People Convention (WTPC) organization, expressed his disappointment and concern after Ohio voters defeated State Issue 1 by a 57% to 43% margin on Tuesday, August 8th. Passage of Issue 1 would have raised the percentage of popular votes necessary to pass a Constitutional Amendment in Ohio to 60% from the current standard of 50% +1.

Zawistowski said, “Fueled by tens of millions of dollars in TV ads and other media, Ohioans turned out in historic numbers as over three million voters, 38% of all registered voters, came out to vote on Issue 1 which was defeated by a margin of 429,000 votes. Looking at the county-by-county voter results, it is my view that the left did not win Issue 1 as much as the conservative right lost the vote. This was primarily a result of confusion that was intentionally injected into the campaign by very clever, and I would say misleading, TV ads run by the left at the start of the campaign. These ad split the conservative vote just enough in rural communities to sway the election and cause the defeat of Issue 1."

Zawistowski continued, "Raising the bar to 60% of the popular vote was intended to make it harder for outside big money special interests to change the Ohio Constitution in the future. This became necessary once it was understood that, after Roe v Wade was reversed, the radical left discovered that it could “Legislate via Constitutional Amendment”. Even in red states which were vulnerable because of existing laws allowing for “Citizens Initiatives” like what they passed in Kansas earlier this year and Ohio is their next target. Unfortunately, we were unable to help Ohio Citizens understand that what the left has planned is much broader and deeper and more radical than just the November Abortion/Trans/Parents Rights Amendment. This vote was about the FUTURE Ohio Constitutional Amendments that the Left has planned for Guns, School Choice, Small Businesses, Farmers, Parents Rights, future election laws and more. Which was proven by comments made by the Democratic Mayor of Cleveland when he said the quiet part out loud that people should vote NO on Issue 1 so that they, the left, can implement gun control in Ohio using future Constitutional Amendments.”

Zawistowski concluded, “There were implications in this election for the 2024 election as well. Despite a significant effort to convince conservative voters to vote early in person or by mail, they did not do that in significant numbers, and the left built an early vote lead that was basically the margin of victory in the end. Clearly early voting continues to provide an advantage for the Left's get-out-the-vote machine. I want to thank the tens of thousands of grassroots activists in Ohio, and our coalition partners, who worked very hard to educate voters and get out the vote in their counties. Especially those who participated in our very successful Barn Billboard program. I also want to thank the tens of thousands of poll workers who make our elections possible and who did an excellent job on Tuesday. We know now that we will now have to regroup and make changes to our efforts so that we can defeat the radical Abortion/Trans/Parents Rights Amendment in November.”

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Join Fellow Patriots This Friday
at the Fund Raiser for
Jan 6th Political Prisoner Trevor Cain
 

Where: Union House Restaurant, 2713 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44134
When: Friday, July 28, 2023 from 7:00 - 10:00 PM
What: $30 Donation at the Door Gets you Buffet and 2 Drink Tokens

 

Portage County TEA Party Member Arrested & Charged Unjustly for Jan 6th Actions

After over two years of taking no action the DOJ and the FBI decided that they needed to charge PCTEA Member Trevor Cain for his actions at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The reason that they initially took no action was because Trevor DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! He even turned over his cell phone on which he had video of Capitol Police inviting him and many other Patriots into the Capitol Building! He broke nothing, he took nothing, he did not assault any police, he simply walked around the Capitol singing Patriotic Songs for 30 minutes and then he left peacefully!

So why did the Department of "Injustice" and the FBI decide to arrest him now - nearly two and a half years later??? Because there is an election coming up and we can't have you pesky Patriots standing up and fighting back against the illegitimate Biden Regime and the Deep State! So we are going to make a public spectacle of arresting Trevor Cain, and plant a completely one sided and totally exaggerated article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, as a warning to ALL OF US that you better not fight back in the 2024 Election or this will happen to YOU!

Their intimidation tactics didn't work when Obama sent the IRS after US. It didn't work when they arrested Patriots for resisting the Covid Lockdowns and Mask Mandates and Vax Mandates. It didn't work when they started unjustly arresting Patriots after January 6th. It didn't work even when they arrested Trump himself! We will NOT BE SILENCED and we WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED and we WILL NOT GIVE UP OUR FIGHT TO RECLAIM CONTROL OF OUR GOVERNMENT and bring these unlawful actors to Justice!

It is our duty as Patriots to fight this injustice and help Trevor Cain defend himself until we can win the Election in 2024 and have him and the other January 6th Patriots Pardoned. I am asking you to click on his GiveSendGo.com image below and make a donation to help pay for his legal fees. It's real simple. If you will not fight to defend Trevor Cain when they came for him then who will fight to defend you when they come for you? For your safety, GiveSendGo.com allows you to make anonymous donations if you like. Please DONATE TODAY and share this email with others and SPEAK OUT about the Injustices being done to January 6th Political Prisoners to everyone you know!

For Liberty,

Tom Zawistowski
Executive Director
Portage County TEA Party



 

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The Portage County TEA Party also ask ALL VOTERS to vote for John Hagan for Ohio State School Board in District 9! John has been a warrior fighting against CRT and the destructive "Trans-Agenda" being forced upon our children and grandchildren by the Democrat Communist Controlled Unions!

 

VOTE YES ON BOTH ISSUES 1 & ISSUES 2

A groundswell of organizations including the Ohio Republican Party, Center for Christian Virtue, the National Federation of Independent Business in Ohio, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Restaurant Association, and Ohio Right to Life are mobilizing Ohioans to vote yes on Issue 1. Many recognize that for too long, Ohio’s Constitution has been up for sale to the highest bidder. From casinos to drug-legalization pushers to abortionists, special interests with millions of dollars have targeted the Ohio Constitution because of the ease of amending our state’s founding document.
 

Cincinnati Right to Life 6/22/2023
 

A YES vote on Issue 1 protects our Second Amendment rights from deep-pocketed, out-of-state interests, like anti-gun Mike Bloomberg. So, of course, gun grabbers and the media are spreading lies to get people to vote against it in the upcoming Aug. 8 special election.
One lie is that Issue 1 is radical and undemocratic because it makes it harder to change Ohio’s constitution.

But changing a constitution is supposed to be difficult — more difficult than changing ordinary laws. For example, the founders made it hard to change the U.S. Constitution. To amend it requires a 2/3 vote of both chambers of Congress and a vote of 3/4 of state legislatures.

Most states make it hard to change their constitutions as well. For example, Colorado requires a 55% vote. Florida requires a 60% vote. New Hampshire requires a 66% vote.

And guess what? The Ohio Democratic Party itself requires a vote of 60% to amend its own bylaws, i.e., their party constitution! That’s exactly the same vote threshold Issue 1 calls for to change Ohio’s constitution!

Dean Rieck, Executive Director

Over 30 states already require 60% to amend their state constitution. Issue 1 just aligns Ohio with the majority of other states.

Since 1851, Ohio’s Constitution has been amended 172 times while the US Constitution has been amended only 27 times since 1789! Even a Presidential veto takes a 2/3 vote (@67%) in the House before a bill becomes a law. Ohio has 88 counties. When only 5% of voters signing initiative petition in 44 counties to be required for initiative petitions, this already leaves half (50%) of our counties not represented. If a proposed amendment is good, these new requirements should not be a problem.

Friends of Liberty United (FOLU)
 

The PCTEA Morns the Passing of our Past President Bob Longshore

Huge Red Wave in Portage County on November 8th

• Rep. Gail Pavliga won 22,227 to 21,038 against former representative and county commissioner Kathleen Clyde.

• Mike Tinlin, former Aurora police chief and Streetsboro city council member, was elected to the county board of commissioners with 34,133 votes to 24,140 against former Portage County NAACP president Geraldine Hayes Nelson.

• Steve Demetriou will serve as state representative after a large victory against Democrat Lori O’Neill. 

• Former Mogadore village council member Matt Kellywill take the county auditor seat after defeating Portage County Treasurer Brad Cromes.

• Judge Laurie Pittman will continue in her position at the court of common pleas, winning 32,889 to 18,359 against Republican challenger Wes Buchanan.

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Here is the Call to Action for ALL Portage County Conservatives:

Go to the Portage County Republican Party Headquarters at 249 W Main St, Ravenna, OH 44266 and pick up Signs for ALL the Candidates AND GET THEM OUT!
Click Here to Check for the Hours their office is Open before going there.

Click Here to Go to the Portage County Republican Party Website and sign-up to get their emails so you can be informed about what is going on in this election!

Click Here to Read "Our 2022 Election Plan for Ohio" from the Freedom for All PAC.

Click Here to Learn what YOU CAN DO to Help Drive the Left Out of the US House and Senate in November!



Click Here to Download a PDF Copy of this Flyer for you to Print and Hand Out!