Hoyer Announces Subcategory Winners of 2020 Member Online All-Star Competition, Launches New Online Champions Webpage
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For Immediate Release:
August 31, 2020
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Annaliese Davis 202-225-3130
Washington, DC - Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) announced the subcategory winners of the eleventh-annual 2020 Member Online All-Star Competition. The finalists were selected by the Majority Leader’s staff and shared on social media last week. The winners for Best Graphic, Best Video, and Best GIF were selected by the public on Leader Hoyer’s Facebook page. The winners of the Best Constituent Services Post, Best Franked Email, Best Online Ad, and Best E-newsletter were selected by a panel of Leadership staff. Leader Hoyer also released a new webpage to highlight all of the winners of the Member Online All-Star Competition over the eleven years of the competition.
“I am so impressed by the creative and powerful ways our talented Members are utilizing social media to keep the American public informed about the vital work we are doing in the House of Representatives,” said Leader Hoyer. “I congratulate all of our winners and finalists and encourage all Members to continue prioritizing digital communications throughout the year.”
The primary awards for the 2020 Member Online All-Star Competition were announced in late July with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) taking both the Overall and Freshman MVP trophies after gaining an impressive 111,000 new followers over the 3-week competition. Collectively, House Democrats added over 700,000 new followers during the 3-week competition.
NOTE: Members of Leadership from Caucus Vice Chair and up are ineligible for the awards. Former winners of each category are listed below and ineligible to win the same category a second time.
Best Graphic:
“I am so impressed by the creative and powerful ways our talented Members are utilizing social media to keep the American public informed about the vital work we are doing in the House of Representatives,” said Leader Hoyer. “I congratulate all of our winners and finalists and encourage all Members to continue prioritizing digital communications throughout the year.”
The primary awards for the 2020 Member Online All-Star Competition were announced in late July with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) taking both the Overall and Freshman MVP trophies after gaining an impressive 111,000 new followers over the 3-week competition. Collectively, House Democrats added over 700,000 new followers during the 3-week competition.
NOTE: Members of Leadership from Caucus Vice Chair and up are ineligible for the awards. Former winners of each category are listed below and ineligible to win the same category a second time.
Best Graphic:
- WINNER: Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) - graphically shows the value of wearing masks for containing the spread of coronavirus.
- Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) - has fun spreading the word on social distancing in native Minnesotan ways.
- Rep. Donna Shalala (FL-27) - urges her constituents to fill out the census with an attractive and informative graphic.
- Rep. Paul Tonko (NY-20) - graphically displays the stark differences between House Democrats’ Heroes Act and the Senate GOP plan.
- Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) - celebrates the House passage of the first Muslim civil rights bill.
- WINNER: Rep. Katie Porter (CA-45) - shares her work-from-home environment, including kids running wild.
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) - promotes House passage of the Justice In Policing Act with an animated bulleted list.
- Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) - touts passage of the Great American Outdoors Act with beautiful photos of nature.
- WINNER: Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28) - gets creative promoting the wearing of masks with many of his constituents.
- Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12) - celebrates the Great American Outdoors Act and Rep. John Dingell’s legacy in conservation in a well-made video.
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) - weaves floor speeches with press coverage of the border crisis to create a powerful piece about the Access to Counsel Act.
- Rep. Darren Soto (FL-09) - narrates an emotional remembrance video for the Pulse nightclub massacre.
- Rep. Nanette Barragan (CA-44) - weaves her committee and floor speeches together with images of ports in this effective video announcing the introduction of her Climate Smart Ports Act.
- Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) - excitedly urges her constituents to complete the census.
- Rep. Gil Cisneros (CA-39) - weaves a floor speech and video of press coverage together to celebrate a local covid-crisis hero.
- WINNER: Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02) produced a thematic in-house video to promote the many cases, calls, and meetings he has been doing since the start of the pandemic.
- Rep. Josh Harder (CA-10) graphically shows his constituents all the federal money he's gotten for individuals through his advocacy.
- Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) graphically solicits "payment traces" for constituents who haven't received their Economic Impact Payment.
- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) produced an attractive graphic to show how many constituent cases she has successfully closed, as well as all the money she has recouped for her constituents.
- WINNER: Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-06) promotes her constituent services with a professional-quality Facebook ad video.
- Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) promoted the census by collecting videos of constituents who proudly filled out the census.
- Rep. Sharice Davids (KS-03) took to the Capitol steps to urge her constituents to mask-up and help prevent the spread of Covid-19.
- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) is the first Member we've seen run ads on LinkedIn, where she effectively highlighted the CARES Act providing benefits for the self-employed and gig-economy workers.
- Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46) made a simple but eye-catching animated graphic to urge his constituents to complete the census.
- WINNER: Rep. Charlie Crist (FL-13) organized a mask-making effort among his constituents by holding a contest.
- Rep. Gil Cisneros (CA-39) quickly took the pulse of his constituents on the difficult issue of how schools should operate in the Fall with the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
- Rep. David Trone (MD-06) polled his constituents with a short, compelling question on whether or not unemployment benefits should be extended.
- WINNER: Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) sends visually attractive emails filled with great graphics.
- Rep. Elaine Luria (VA-02) writes frequent, compelling emails that are focused on singular, timely issues as they arise.
- Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12) writes regular, personal, authentic notes to her constituents.
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) sends comprehensive yet concise emails, including lots of surveys to get feedback, all in a clean modern template.
- Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-06) sends well-written, thorough emails to keep his constituents fully updated on the work he is doing on their behalf.
| 2019 | Best Graphic: Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH-03); Best Video: Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34); Best GIF: Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34); Best Constituent Services Post: Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14); Best Franked Email: Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46); Best Online Ad: Rep. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11); Best E-newsletter: Rep. Ben McAdams (UT-04) |
| 2018 | Best Video: Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14), Best Graphic: Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Best GIF: Energy and Commerce Democrats |
| 2017 | Best Video: Reps. Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and John Delaney (MD-06), Best Graphic: Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), Best Constituent Services Post: Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28) |
| 2016 | Best Video: Rep. Mark Takano (CA-41), Best Graphic: Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13), Best Constituent Services Post: Rep. Ami Bera (CA-7) |
| 2015 | Best Video: Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-2), Best Graphic: Rep. Ami Bera (CA-7), Best Constituent Services Post: Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY-15) |