The Texas REALTOR® Strike Force Award is given to individual Texas REALTORS® who show extraordinary dedication to grassroots advocacy in support of the association’s positions, election activity, or TREPAC- and RPAC-supported candidates.

Examples may include, but are not limited to: 

  • Support for local or statewide issue campaign
  • Efforts to increase voter turnout for supported candidates or issues 
  • Voter registration efforts, either consumers or Texas REALTORS®
  • Candidate interviews
  • Interaction with elected officials 
  • Activism within political parties
  • Candidate recruitment and training
  • Influencing public policy
  • Promotion of local, state, or federal Calls for Action, including the Broker Involvement Program and REALTOR® Party Mobile Alerts (RPMA)

Award Policies

  • Nominations may be submitted throughout the year
  • PIC members and TREPAC Trustees are not eligible for the Strike Force Award
  • All award winners are published in Texas REALTOR® magazine
  • Multiple Strike Force Awards may be awarded to REALTORS® within the same local association
  • Nominations for the Strike Force Award may be made by:
    • Political Involvement Committee members
    • TREPAC Trustees
    • Local Associations, GADs, AEs
    • Texas REALTORS® staff
  • PIC leadership will ratify decisions as nominees are submitted
  • Winners will timely receive a framed certificate to acknowledge their exceptional efforts in grassroots advocacy

Grassroots Advocate of the Year

  • At the end of the year, PIC leadership will select finalists from the pool of Strike Force winners to be considered for the Grassroots Advocate of the Year Award
  • Grassroots Advocate of the Year will be determined by the full PIC and presented at Winter Meeting in February

 

Questions? Email us