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Election 2012: Introducing Red/Blue Northeast Ohio

Patch will be conducting surveys of party insiders this election season to learn the true sentiments of Republicans and Democrats on the ground in Ohio. Results from our first survey will be published this week!

 

Patch wants to know what Republican and Democratic insiders in Northeast Ohio are thinking during this important election season.

So we're going to ask them!

Patch will be conducting Red Northeast Ohio and Blue Northeast Ohio surveys throughout the election season in hopes of determining the true sentiments of Republicans and Democrats on the ground in Ohio.

The feature is intended to gather opinion and insight from influential local Democratic and Republican activists, party leaders and elected officials in Northeast Ohio.

The surveys aren't random. Patch editors have recruited a roster of insiders on both sides of the aisle. We will send them occasional surveys during the election season asking them about issues important to the election.

The results of our first survey, which we sent to our Republican insiders, will be published this week. We asked them a timely question: Should Mitt Romney choose an Ohioan to be his running mate? If so, who should he pick?

Want to participate? If you are an activist, party leader or elected official and would like to take part in regular surveys that last only a few minutes, please e-mail Senior Regional Editor Jean Dubail at jean.dubail@patch.com.

MEET THE INSIDERS:

REPUBLICANS

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Barbara Amper Beachwood Patch
Ron Antal Stow Patch
Joe Archacki Avon-Avon Lake
Nan Baker Westlake
Rob Berner Avon-Avon Lake
Jim Brady Shaker Heights Patch
Dan Bucci Avon-Avon Lake
James Butler Fairlawn-Bath Patch
Bill Call Lakewood Patch
Jim Carbone Strongsville Patch
Lou Carouse Brecksville Patch
Tim Carroll Lakewood Patch
Oscar Castro Beachwood Patch
Matt Cellura Twinsburg
Dennis Clough Westlake
Frank DeWolf Brecksville Patch
Bonnie Dolezal Cleveland Heights Patch
Janet Dowling Mentor Patch
Rick Eisenberg Mayfield-Hillcrest Patch
Joan Evans Cleveland Heights Patch
Chris Farley Twinsburg
Dale Fellows Mentor Patch
Garret Ferrara Kent Patch
Howard Feuer Beachwood Patch
Donna Finney Mayfield-Hillcrest Patch
Tim Fox North Canton Patch
Rob Frost Lakewood (Ohio) Patch
Bill Furey Twinsburg
Mark Getsay Westlake
Beverly Goldstein Beachwood Patch
David Greenspan Westlake
Dan Griffith North Canton Patch
Dave Gusman Strongsville Patch
Mike Harwood Brecksville Patch
David Held North Canton Patch
M.C. Helms Mayfield-Hillcrest Patch
Jeff Iula Cuyahoga Falls Patch
Don Jaffe Beachwood Patch
Michael Jaffe Solon Patch
Marcia Kiesling North Canton Patch
Kenneth Kraus Beachwood Patch
Frank LaRose Cuyahoga Falls Patch
Frank LaRose Fairlawn-Bath Patch
Brian Lowdermilk Stow Patch
Doug Magill Solon Patch
Matt Markling Lakewood (Ohio) Patch
Don Marshall Twinsburg
Thomas Mays Westlake Patch
Chris McCombs Cuyahoga Falls Patch
Ken McEntee Strongsville Patch
Steve Murphy Twinsburg
Carol Nunez Cleveland Heights Patch
Ed Oliveros Strongsville Patch
Kellie Patterson Cuyahoga Falls Patch
Tomie Patton Avon-Avon Lake
Dale Petty Cuyahoga Falls
Mike Rasor Stow Patch
Matt Riehl Stow Patch
Don Robart Cuyahoga Falls Patch
William Roth Fairlawn-Bath Patch
Bill Russo Solon Patch
Marla Schleider Stow Patch
Matt Schonhut Strongsville Patch
Dom Sciria Brecksville Patch
Marilyn Sessions Kent Patch
Russ Sharnsky Fairlawn-Bath Patch
Richard Shreve Mentor Patch
Bobbi Sommer Solon Patch
Howard Sonenstein Mayfield-Hillcrest Patch
Susan Sullivan Fairlawn-Bath Patch
Dennis Tidmore Solon Patch
Kathleen Wilhelm Obrien Avon-Avon Lake
Colleen Wing Lakewood Patch
Jason Wuliger Mentor Patch
Ted Yates Twinsburg
Rick Zaleski Mentor Patch
John Zappala Lakewood Patch
W. Roak Zeller Kent Patch
Mark Zetzer Shaker Heights Patch
Mike Ziegler Brecksville Patch

DEMOCRATS

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Allen Bellin Beachwood Patch
Robert Belovich Brecksville Patch
Gerald Broski Brecksville Patch
Kreig Brusnahan Avon-Avon Lake
George Carr Beachwood Patch
Diana Colavecchio Cuyahoga Falls Patch
Jeff Coryell Cleveland Heights Patch
J.J. Costello Cleveland Heights Patch
Dale Cracas Avon-Avon Lake
Dave Cunix Mayfield-Hillcrest Patch
George DeBord Cuyahoga Falls
Tony Demasi Cuyahoga Falls
Doug Foltz North Canton Patch
Mareeta Fowler Beachwood Patch
Maureen Frederick Kent Patch
Mike Gaynier Cleveland Heights Patch
Karen Gillooly Shaker Heights Patch
Joel Grodin Beachwood Patch
Annie Hanson Stow Patch
Martin Horwitz Beachwood Patch
Karolyn Isenhart Lakewood (OH) Patch
Mike Kaplan Fairlawn-Bath Patch
David Kos Avon-Avon Lake
Ed Kraus Solon
Sandra Kurt Fairlawn-Bath Patch
Tamela Lee Fairlawn-Bath Patch
David Licate Stow Patch
Brian Linick Beachwood Patch
Kevin Malecek Mentor Patch
Cindy Marx Lakewood (oh) Patch
Eben McNair, IV Brecksville Patch
Fran Mentch Cleveland Heights Patch
Nancy Moore Shaker Heights Patch
Hillary Mueller North Canton Patch
Chuck Osborne North Canton Patch
Mike Penta Cuyahoga Falls
Rose Petsche Brecksville Patch
Dawn Pyne Lakewood (OH) Patch
Steve Rosen

Beachwood Patch
Lynn Ruffner

Shaker Heights Patch
Sue Ryan North Canton Patch
Tom Schmida Twinsburg
Chuck Shaughnessy Lakewood (oh) Patch
Michael Silver Beachwood Patch
Bill Snow Fairlawn-Bath Patch
Cheryl Stephens Cleveland Heights Patch
Amanda Trump North Canton Patch
Chris Varano Lakewood (oh) Patch
Jennifer Weiler Brecksville Patch
Gayle Wellman Lakewood (oh) Patch
Dennis Wilcox Cleveland Heights Patch
Earl Williams Shaker Heights Patch

Editor's Note: The original version of this story incorrectly reported that Steve Rosen was a Republican leader; in fact, he is a Democrat leader.

Related Topics: Blue Northeast Ohio, Red Northeast Ohio, and election 2012

Steve Rosen

10:44 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of the Republican Party. I am proud to be a registered Democrat and the President of the Beachwood Woodmere Democratic Ward Club.

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Debbie S.

11:30 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

It would be funny that Patch got it so wrong, if it weren't so egregious an error. That's just bad reporting or bad editing.

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Nikki Ferrell

11:41 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Hey Steve! We've corrected that - somehow, your name was in the wrong half of this 139-member list. Sorry for the confusion!

Steve Rosen

11:39 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Debbie S., we are all human and we all make mistakes from time to time.

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Debbie S.

11:45 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

I agree, but this list has several duplicate entries, too. I'm glad they fixed it so quickly, but it should have been better edited before it was posted. Patch is a news organization, so I expect better!

Garry Kanter

11:46 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Is this paragraph complete?

"The feature is intended to gather opinion and insight from influential local Republican activists, party leaders and elected officials in Northeast Ohio."

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Chris Mazzolini

8:26 am on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

It is now! Thanks for pointing it out.

I.M. Wright

6:17 am on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Who gives a crap what Democrats and Republicans think. THEY are NOT the ones who are going to make this -- or really, any -- election.

Most of them are going to to carry the water for their respective sides & spew their respective talking points. As if they actually know what they're talking about (they don't! -- unless it's talking about where we're at today as a country. BOTH of them can speak with knowledge about that because BOTH sides are EQUALLY responsible for the poo-storm this country has been dealing with for the past few years).
Only a right/left-winger would deny this (as they're wiping feces from their eyes from having their head firmly planted up their backside).

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tom m

8:55 am on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Actually he is correct in his own psychotic way ... all of the Democrats and Republicans on here are going to follow the party lines (talking points) while all the time throw insults (sometimes witty) at the other side..... and what is the end result 200 postings on someones blog where nobody has ever agreed with the other side ... with even the smallest of YOUR RIGHT ....................people its summer GO OUTSIDE

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Jean Williams

10:55 am on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Tom M it is too hot outside, but a great comment that will be wasted on the deaf dumb and blind

Adam C. Miller

12:37 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012

We need more Independents... too many watered down party puppets!

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