REALTORS® Political Action Committee

The REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) is your best investment in real estate. Together we can make a difference!

RPAC supports candidates who foster positions favorable to the real estate business and even more importantly to this country's property owners.

With each dollar we raise for RPAC, 70 percent is retained by the state with 30 percent going to the national level. Individual participation in the political process ensures that our REALTOR® viewpoint on industry issues is heard at all levels of government.

Through RPAC, we are investing in the future direction of this country and its laws on the local, state and national level and in the ideal of home ownership and private property rights that are the heartbeat of our business.

• Read State Capitol Report [1] - RPAC dollars at work!

• What Is or Isn't Law Because of RPAC [2]

• RPAC Fundraising and Contribution Programs [3]

• RPAC Marketing/Educational Materials [4]

Don't miss IAR's first RPAC Stick Horse Derby [5]! The Derby will be held March 24 in conjunction with IAR Business Meetings in Springfield immediately following the ROTY banquet. For $250 you can buy your own horse to decorate and "ride" in the Derby with the winner earning bragging rights. Evening festivities will include a silent auction, raffle and Derby Hat Contest [6]. For more information on sponsoring a horse or entering the hat contest, contact Joni Bergschneider [7].

The Illinois RPAC fundraising year has been changed to November 1 – October 31 in order to coincide with the National RPAC fundraising year. The current fiscal year will include all contributions made between July 1, 2009 through October 31, 2010. Beginning November 1, 2010 the fundraising year will return to a 12-month cycle.

RPAC Disco raises $70,000 for RPAC. See photo highlights from the 22nd Annual RPAC Auction. [8]