CRP Convention Candidates and Information

 
I want you to have information on more of the candidates running for Party offices at the California Republican Party convention:  Mario A. Guerra, Rob Bernosky, and Elissa Wadleigh.  The full list of candidates recommended by BayAreaGOP is available here.

The organizing convention will be held Friday-Sunday, February 27-March 1, at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento.  More information is available on the BayAreaGOP Convention Page. 

   
Best regards,
Luis

A lifelong Republican, Rob Bernosky is the past chairman and current secretary of the San Benito County Republican Party.  Rob was the Party's nominee for State Assembly in 2010 and 2012.  As a result, he was also an active central committee member of Monterey, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties.
 
Bernosky is running to be the CRP Vice Chair for the Central Coast region, which includes Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties.  He has been endorsed by all six Republican chairs in the region.
 
Active in the community, Rob Bernosky is a former elected school board member, president of the County Committee on School District Organization, president and board member of a mutual water company, and board member of the Heritage Foundation of San Benito County.
 
Rob believes that a successful path for the Republican Party is for county committees to become more involved in local communities as participants in the community, not just as a political party.  For example, under his leadership, the Republican Party sponsored events that were important to San Benito County residents, including theater arts programs, fund raisers for the United Way, a battered women's shelter, and meet-the-elected-officials events.  
 
Rob is chief financial officer of an apparel and agriculture company in Monterey and has been CFO of other companies in different industries in California.
 
Accomplishments:
 
*    Taking the lead on turning around a rural school district from being one of the worst in the state to today, among the best.
*    Successfully fought grab of control of school district boundary lines by the county school board.
*    Successful turnaround of several companies in California.
 
Rob says "While the press wants you to think that banning plastic bags is the most important thing on the People's minds, the Practical Conservative knows that the People want high-paying jobs, great educations, safe communities, and American opportunity."
 
Rob Bernosky lives in Hollister with his wife, Jenny.  They have 3 children, one each in high school, college, and grad school.  You can visit Rob's campaign website at www.thepracticalconservative.com.  

Elissa Wadleigh was elected CRP Northwest Region Vice Chair two years ago and is running for reelection.  The Northwest Region includes Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Trinity, and Yolo Counties.
 
At the beginning of 2014 Elissa organized a Regional Training Meeting to provide tools and resources to counties to build and grow their organizations.  They worked together across county lines to coordinate support for Republican candidates in an innovative way in the Northwest Region.
 
During the fall campaign Elissa Wadleigh organized a three-day, 800-mile campaign swing through the sprawling region for Neel Kashkari and other statewide candidates, as well as candidates for congress and the legislature.  (See the article.)

This provided much-needed positive media attention in areas that rarely get much.  In additon, it was a boost for local volunteers and donors.  Many of the counties were successful in electing new Republican leaders at the local level as a result of the invigorated grass roots GOTV efforts.
 
Elissa first became a member of the Sonoma County Republican Central Committee in 2003.  She subsequently held several positions, including Third District Chair, Volunteer Coordinator, Communications Director, First Vice Chairperson,  and starting in 2011, Chairman.
 
Elissa's brother has served in the Army for twelve years, including tours in Iraq, Korea, and Afghanistan.  She says, "His military service was one of the things that spurred me to become active in politics. I wanted to take a stand for freedom and liberty here at home to honor his service and commitment abroad."

You can learn more about Elissa on her campaign website at www.elissawadleigh.com.