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2022 Winning Essay By Theodora McGee
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2021 Winning Essay By Anna Dougherty
Mayor Dana Redd
2020 Winning Essay By Noah Durham
Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr.: "One of a Kind"
2019 Winning Essay By Elazar Cramer
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
2018 Winning Essay By Jeffrey Seaman
Harry T. Burn: A Vote for Women
2017 Winning Essay By Daud Shad
William Moore McCulloch: The Humble Champion of Civil Rights
2016 Winning Essay By Zhen Tu
Howard Baker: The Great Compromiser of the 1970s
2015 Winning Essay By Matthew Waltman
Tom Selders: A Mayor for All the People
2014 Winning Essay By Ben Wolman
John Morse: Small Price to Pay
2013 Winning Essay By Jamie Baer
New York State Senator Roy McDonald
2012 Winning Essay by Patrick Reilly
Governor Russell Peterson
2011 Winning Essay by Kevin Kay
The Forgotten Floridian: John B. Orr, Jr.
2010 Winning Essay by Michael Reed
Congressman Ken Hechler
2009 Winning Essay by Margo Balboni
City Councilman Nicholas D'Adamo
2008 Winning Essay by Laura Schapiro
Judge Pamela Alexander
2007 Winning Essay by Maia Gottlieb
Shirley Chisholm: Challenging the System
2006 Winning Essay by Ben Loffredo
Senator Mark Hatfield
2005 Winning Essay by Allie Comet
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
2005 Winning Essay by Kevin Zhou
Paul V. Gallegos: Courage Under Pressure
2004 Winning Essay by Avram Sand
Bernard Confer: Courage Within His Community
2004 Winning Essay by Will Schmidley
Governor George Ryan
2003 Winning Essay by Michael Sloyer
Senator Wayne Morse: One Man With Courage Makes a Majority
2002 Winning Essay by Emily Ullman
Assemblyman George M. Michaels
2001 Winning Essay by Tyler Boersen
U.S. Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI)
2001 Winning Essay by Stephanie Dziczek
Governor Howard Dean
2000 Winning Essay by Peter Buttigieg
Bernie Sanders