From floridarealtors.org
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the real estate industry should be well represented in Congress over the next two years: Realtor Party-backed candidates on both sides of the aisle won closely watched races in Tuesday’s national midterm elections.
NAR-backed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is poised to become Majority Leader in 2015 with the Republican takeover of the Senate, for example. McConnell has been a strong supporter of the mortgage interest deduction, rural housing development and other top real estate issues.
“NAR congratulates Sen. McConnell and looks forward to working with him on real estate-related policies important to Realtors, and to all home and commercial property owners,” NAR President Steve Brown says.
On the crucial House Financial Services Committee, several real estate champions on both sides of the aisle retained their seats with strong support from the Realtor Party. They include Joe Heck (R-Nev.), Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).
In addition to receiving support for their campaigns from the Realtors Political Action Committee, the successful candidates also benefited separately from independent expenditures from the Realtor Party. The independent expenditures include mailings and other types of outreach undertaken separately from, and without coordination with, the candidates’ campaign efforts.
In the Senate, Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who sits on the important Finance Committee, retained his seat with help from the Realtor Party independent expenditure program.