MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Realtors Association has endorsed Gov. Scott Walker in a possible recall race, but some members question the decision since a challenger hasn't been selected.

Some members feel it's just the latest, increasingly partisan move the Realtors Association has made. Many would like to see the group get out of the public politics business altogether.

Troy Thiel said he can't quite figure how backing Walker will help Wisconsin real estate agents sell homes.

"One-hundred percent of Wisconsin is our consumer," said Thiel. "Not supporters of this party and that party, but 100 percent of Wisconsin."

Yet, the trade association that Thiel and 13,000 other agents belong to endorsed the embattled governor last week.

"It appears that they have rushed into an endorsement," said Barry Mirkin, head of the Condo Shoppe. Mirkin was there when the endorsement was decided. He said the topic didn't make it onto the meeting agenda, and the decision didn't seem much related to buying or selling.

"There wasn't much discussion about how the election of one candidate over another was going to affect real estate issues," said Mirkin.

However, the association's president and CEO said the governor's record on real estate is stellar.

"They felt very comfortable having done all of this a year ago, to do it again," said WRA CEO Michael Theo. "In a normal process we would take those things into consideration, but as you know the recalls are anything but a normal process."

But Thiel feels the decision has more to do with the WRA board's desire to support conservative candidates. Tax records show an offshoot of the WRA, the Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance, gave $260,000 in 2010 to the Wisconsin Club for Growth and other conservative causes.

Realtor dues recently doubled to $70, with a $30 fee carved out for the homeowner's alliance.

Members like Thiel said they would leave the group of they could. However, membership gives them access to the Multiple Listing Service, and without that, it would be hard to do their job.