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Haynes
VITO
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Theodora McGee THE IDEA LIVES
ON
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Dougherty
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Durham
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2018 Winning Essay By JeQrey
Seaman
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2017 Winning Essay By Daud ESSAY BY ESSAY BY
Shad
JEREMY
STATE THEODORA
STATE REP.
SENATOR JOSÉ TOMÁS
2016 Winning Essay By Zhen HAYNES MCGEE
JOSEPH N. CANALES
Tu
LANGAN
2015 Winning Essay By
MaVhew Waltman
2014 Winning Essay By Ben
Wolman
2013 Winning Essay By Jamie
Baer
2012 Winning Essay by Patrick
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Reilly
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2011 Winning Essay by Kevin ESSAY BY ESSAY BY
Kay
ANNA
MAYOR DANA REP.NOAH
WALTER
REDD B. JONES JR.:
2010 Winning Essay by Michael DOUGHERTY DURHAM
"ONE OF A
Reed
KIND"
2009 Winning Essay by Margo
Balboni
2008 Winning Essay by Laura
Schapiro
2007 Winning Essay by Maia
GoVlieb
2006 Winning Essay by Ben
LoQredo 2019 WINNING
ESSAY BY
2005 Winning Essay by Allie
Comet
ELAZAR
CRAMER
REPRESENTATIVE
2005 Winning Essay by Kevin EDITH NOURSE
Zhou ROGERS
2004 Winning Essay by Avram
Sand
2004 Winning Essay by Will
Schmidley
2003 Winning Essay by Michael
Sloyer
2002 Winning Essay by Emily
2018 2017
Ullman WINNING WINNING
ESSAY BY ESSAY BY
2001 Winning Essay by
Stephanie Dziczek JEFFREY
HARRY T. DAUD SHAD
WILLIAM
BURN: A VOTE MOORE
SEAMAN
FOR WOMEN MCCULLOCH:
2001 Winning Essay by Tyler
THE HUMBLE
Boersen
CHAMPION
CHAMPION
2000 Winning Essay by Peter OF CIVIL
Bu#gieg RIGHTS
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FAQ 2016 WINNING
Essay Contest Partners ESSAY BY
ZHEN TU
HOWARD
BAKER: THE
GREAT
COMPROMISER
OF THE 1970S
2015 2014
WINNING WINNING
ESSAY BY ESSAY BY
MATTHEW
TOM SELDERS: JOHNBEN
MORSE:
A MAYOR FOR SMALL PRICE
WALTMAN
ALL THE
WOLMAN
TO PAY
PEOPLE
2013 2012
WINNING
WINNING
ESSAY BY
ESSAY BY
JAMIE BAER
NEW YORK GOVERNOR
STATE PATRICK
RUSSELL
SENATOR ROY REILLY
PETERSON
MCDONALD
2011
WINNING
ESSAY BY
KEVIN
THEKAY
FORGOTTEN
FLORIDIAN:
JOHN B. ORR,
JR.
2010 WINNING
ESSAY BY
MICHAEL
REED
CONGRESSMAN
KEN HECHLER
2009
WINNING 2008
ESSAY BY WINNING
MARGO
CITY ESSAY BY
COUNCILMAN
BALBONI
NICHOLAS
LAURA
JUDGE
PAMELA
D'ADAMO SCHAPIRO
ALEXANDER
2007 2006
WINNING WINNING
ESSAY BY ESSAY BY
MAIA
SHIRLEY BEN
SENATOR
CHISHOLM: MARK
GOTTLIEB
CHALLENGING
LOFFREDO
HATFIELD
THE SYSTEM
2005 2005
WINNING WINNING
ESSAY BY ESSAY BY
ALLIE
MAYOR COMET
IVAN KEVIN
PAULZHOU
V.
ALLEN, JR. GALLEGOS:
COURAGE
UNDER
PRESSURE
2004 2004
WINNING WINNING
ESSAY BY ESSAY BY
AVRAM SAND
BERNARD WILL
GOVERNOR
CONFER: GEORGE RYAN
COURAGE
SCHMIDLEY
WITHIN HIS
COMMUNITY
2003
WINNING
ESSAY BY
MICHAEL
SENATOR
WAYNE
SLOYER
MORSE: ONE
MAN WITH
COURAGE
MAKES A
MAJORITY
2002
WINNING
ESSAY BY
EMILY
ASSEMBLYMAN
GEORGE M.
ULLMAN
MICHAELS
2001 WINNING
ESSAY BY
TYLER
BOERSEN
U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE
BART STUPAK (D-
MI)
2001 2000
WINNING WINNING
ESSAY BY ESSAY BY
STEPHANIE
GOVERNOR PETER
BERNIE
HOWARD SANDERS
DZICZEK
DEAN
BUTTIGIEG
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