YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Democratic Party will induct seven people into its hall of fame at an April 19 event.

“They represent a broad swath of the Democratic coalition from law enforcement to labor leaders to central committee members,” party Chairman Chris Anderson said. “These are people who help elect Democrats and better our community.”

Anderson added: “I’m so proud of the work they’ve done and will continue to do. As a party, it’s so important to honor their decades of service and hold them up as examples to the generations of activists coming up behind them.”

The event will be held at the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Social Hall, 343 Via Mount Carmel Ave. in Youngstown.

Tickets are $100 each or $700 for a table of eight. Tickets can be purchased online at the party’s website, mahoningcountydemocraticparty.com or by calling party headquarters at 330-259-9589.

Those being honored April 19 were nominated by fellow Democrats through the party’s website and / or by members of the party’s central committee.

Being inducted this year are:

● Richard Clautti of Boardman, the party’s treasurer since 2008. He owns REMCO Security and works for the county engineer.

● Anita Davis of Youngstown, who is serving her third term as the city’s 6th Ward councilwoman and is a retired Youngstown police detective sergeant. Davis joined the police force in 1978 and retired in 2014. She was the first female officer to be promoted to detective sergeant. She is still an active reserve deputy sheriff.

● Joe Leonard of Milton, the party’s longest-serving central committee member, first elected in 1994. He is also a former Milton Township trustee.

● Patrick Lowry of Poland, who worked 18 years in press and communications for Tim Ryan during his time in Congress. Lowry was also a teacher, school counselor and administrator.

● Sylvester Patton of Youngstown, a former Ohio House member and a community activist who was involved in the Democrats for Change movement in the mid-1990s that led to a reform and change in leadership of the county party. Patton also worked for Ohio Edison.

* Larry Fauver of Boardman, former president of the Mahoning / Trumbull AFL-CIO Labor Council and is currently the county party’s vice chairman of labor relations.

* James McCormick, who was a longtime Democratic central committee member from Austintown. McCormick worked on several Democratic campaigns and worked at the Lordstown General Motors Assembly Plant. McCormick died last year. His wife, Bunnie, and his family will accept his award.

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