Black Women's PAC announces endorsements for the November 4, 2014 election in Ohio and Cuyahoga County, the group makes no endorsement for governor, endorses, among others, and for some hotly contested races Nina Turner, Connie Pilich, Armond Budish, Francine Goldberg, read the full list of endorsements here for statewide, state legislative, congressional, and judicial elections and for open seats on Cuyahoga County Council, By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news, paid for by the BLACK Women's PAC, Una H.R. Kennon, president

BLACK WOMEN’S

POLITICAL ACTION

COMMITTEE 

ENDORSEMENT RESULTS

FOR THE NOVEMBER 4, 2014 GENERAL ELECTION IN OHIO AND CUYAHOGA COUNTY (THE BWPAC WAS FOUNDED IN 1983 AND IS OHIO'S LARGEST AND MOST PROMINENT BLACK WOMEN'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)

Paid for by the Black Women's PAC, Una H.R. Keenon, president

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Una H.R. Keenon, BWPAC president (pictured below) (Editor's Note: Not all the offices up for grabs have endorsements, which came following review and voting by  members of the BWPAC on September 13, 2014.  The common pleas judge endorsements are for open seats
 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio' largest of 88 counties statewide.  Also, the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals is a state appellate court located in Cuyahoga County)

OFFICE	CANDIDATE
AUDITOR OF STATE	JOHN P. CARNEY (D)
TREASURER OF STATE	CONNIE PILICH (D)
ATTORNEY GENERAL	DAVID PEPPER (D)
SECRETARY OF STATE	NINA TURNER (D)
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 9 FOR REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS	MARCY KAPTUR (D)
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 11 FOR REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS	MARCIA FUDGE (D)
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 21 FOR STATE SENATE	SANDRA WILLIAMS (D)
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 25 FOR STATE SENATE	KENNY YUKO (D)
HOUSE DISTRICT 6 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE	ANTHONY FOSSACECA (D)
HOUSE DISTRICT 9 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE	JANINE BOYD (D)
HOUSE DISTRICT 10 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE	BILL PATMON (D)
HOUSE DISTRICT 11 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE	STEPHANIE HOWSE (D)
HOUSE DISTRICT 12 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE	JOHN E. BARNES JR. (D)
HOUSE DISTRICT 13 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE	NICKIE J. ANTONIO (D)
HOUSE DISTRICT 14 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE	MARTIN J. SWEENEY (D)
HOUSE DISTRICT 15 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE	NICHOLAS J. CELEBREZZE (D)
COUNTY EXECUTIVE	ARMOND D. BUDISH (D)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1	DAVID GREENSPAN (R)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3	DAN BRADY (D)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5	MICHAEL GALLAGHER (R)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 7	YVONNE M. CONWELL (D)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 9	SHONTEL BROWN (D) ADAM TRUMBO (R)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10	ANTOHNY T. HAIRSTON (D)
JUSTICE OF THE OHIO SUPREME COURT  -  FULL TERM COMMENCING 1/1/15	TOM LETSON (N)
JUSTICE OF THE OHIO SUPREME COURT  – FULL TERM COMMENCING 1/2/15	JOHN P. O’DONNELL (N)
8TH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS FOR JUDGE – FULL TERM COMMENCING 2/9/15	SEAN GALLAGHER (N)
8TH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS FOR JUDGE – FULL TERM COMMENCING 2/10/15	LARRY JONES (N)
8TH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS FOR JUDGE – FULL TERM COMMENCING 2/11/15	PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON (N)
8TH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS FOR JUDGE – FULL TERM COMMENCING 2/12/15	ANITA LASTER MAYS (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FULL TERM COMMENCING 1/2/15	NANCY A. FUERST (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FULL TERM COMMENCING 1/3/15	PAMELA A. BARKER (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FULL TERM COMMENCING 1/5/15	BRENDAN J. SHEEHAN (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FULL TERM COMMENCING 1/6/15	ROBERT C. MCCLELLAND (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FULL TERM COMMENCING 1/10/15	MATTHEW A. MCMONAGLE (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FULL TERM COMMENCING 2/9/15	DEENA R. CALABRESE (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING 1/11/17	JOAN SYNENBERG (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS  (DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION) UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING 1/12/17	FRANCINE GOLDBERG (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (PROBATE DIVISION) FULL TERM COMMENCING 1/1/15	ANTHONY RUSSO (N)
JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (PROBATE DIVISION) FULL TERM COMMENCING 2/9/15	LAURA J. GALLAGHER (N)

The BLACK WOMEN'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BWPAC), which is led by President Una H.R. Keenon, president of the East Cleveland Board of Education and a retired East Cleveland judge, was organized in the fall of 1983 at the urging of state Rep Barbara Boyd (D-9), who at the time was the manager of Keenon's unsuccessful campaign for CUYAHOGA COUNTY JUVENILE COURT judge. The nonpartisan political organization strives to educate Black women in the workings of the political system, to increase the number of Black women in elected office, and to politically engage the black female voter. The group also provides financial and other support to political candidates deemed sensitive to the needs and aspirations of black women. 

In an effort to give black women more input into political decision making, the group helped qualified women obtain better paying jobs and receive local, state, and national appointments. The founding mothers of the BWPAC include, among others, Keenon, Boyd, retired Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Sara J. Harper, Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Ann Blackmon, Dr. Denise McCray, the late Katherine Adams, Phyllis Burton-Scott, Lynn Spencer, and the late Shirley Hawk, a former Cleveland school board member. 

Membership in the BWPAC is selective, requiring prospective applicants to secure the sponsorship of a current member for admission into the organization. Prospective members are evaluated on their commitment to and involvement in health and welfare political action and education, and their concern for African American women.