Brett Buerck

Who is Brett Buerck?

Brett Buerck began his political career as a campaign operative for the Ohio Republican Party. He went on to be the general consultant to Larry Householder, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, prior to Householder's election to Speaker of the House.

Buerck served as Householder's chief of staff while Householder was speaker, from 2001 to 2004.

Buerck was mired in controversy after being caught on tape in March 2002 in conversation with Doug Mink, when he said "because of the changes that we've made in redistricting to help Jim Raussen, we essentially took 13,000 African Americans out of the Raussen district and put 14,000 Republicans in." The tape was aired by news station WCPO-TV.

Governor Bob Taft, and Speaker Larry Householder were named in a lawsuit by Ohio Democrats who claim redistricting of Hamilton County House district and other areas violates the Voting Rights Act. The lawsuit was subsequently dismissed.