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CHAMPIONS FOR CHARTERS

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is proud to announce its 2022 Champions for Charters. This year’s bipartisan cohort of federal, state, and local elected officials joins a distinguished body of Charter Champions dating back to the award’s inception in 2006.

2023

Federal Charter Champions

  • Representative Rick Allen, Georgia
  • Representative Tony Cardenas, California
  •  Representative Lizzie Fletcher, Texas
  • Senator Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire
  • Representative Debbie Lesko, Arizona
  • Representative Julia Letlow, Louisiana
  • Representative Stephen Lynch, Massachusetts
  • Senator Marco Rubio, Florida
 

State and Local Champions

  • Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
  • Colorado Senator Rachel Zenzinger
  • Colorado Senator Paul Lundeen
  • Georgia State Board of Education Chairman Jason Downey
  • Georgia Representative Matt Dubnik
  • Georgia Representative Scott Hilton
  • Indiana Senator Lina Rogers
  • Maryland Senator Cory McCray
  • Missouri Representative Doug Richey
  • Missouri Former Representative Rasheen Aldridge
  • Montana Representative Sue Vinton
  • Montana Senator Kenneth Bogner
  • New Jersey Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly
  • North Carolina Representative Tricia Cotham
  • North Carolina Representative John Torbett
  • Tennessee Representative Charlie Baum
  • Rhode Island State Education Commissioner Angelia Infante-Green
  • Former Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Monica Garcia
  • Plainfield, New Jersey Mayor Adrian Mapp
 

Read more about our state 2023 Champions.

2022

  • Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Georgia
  • Senator Brian Schatz, Hawaii
  • Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., Louisiana
  • Representative John Moolenaar , Michigan
  • Senator Roy Blunt, Missouri (Lifetime Achievement)
  • Representative Ritchie Torres, New York (Rising Star)
  • Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Josh Green
  • Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds
  • Kentucky Representative Chad McCoy
  • New Mexico Senator Siah Correa Hemphill
  • New Mexico Representative Cathyrnn Brown
  • Ohio Governor Mike DeWine
  • South Dakota Senator Troy Heinert
  • Wyoming Senator Affie Ellis
  • Wyoming Senator Ogden Driskill
  • Wyoming Senator Charlie Scott

 

Read more about our 2022 Champions.

2019

  • Representative Zoe Lofgren, California
  • Representative Salud Carbajal, California (Rising Star Award)
  • Senator Johnny Isakson, Georgia
  • Senator Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
  • Ranking Member Virginia Foxx, North Carolina (Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • Representative Joseph Morelle, New York (Rising Star Award)
  • Representative Joe Wilson, South Carolina
  • LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin, Los Angeles
  • State Senator Douglas McCrory, Connecticut
  • State Senator David Sokola, Delaware
  • State Representative Earl Jaques Jr., Delaware
  • State Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, Florida
  • State Senator Manny Diaz Jr., Florida
  • Former State Senator Phil Pavlov, Michigan
  • State Representative Rebecca Roeber, Missouri
  • State Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, New York
  • Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee
  • State Representative Harold Dutton Jr, Texas
  • Former State Speaker Greg Hughes, Utah
  • Former State Senator Howard Stephenson, Utah

 

Read more about our 2019 Champions.

2018

  • Senator Chris Coons, Delaware
  • Senator John Cornyn, Texas
  • Senator Orrin Hatch, Utah (Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • Representative Adriano Espaillat, New York (Rising Champion for Charters Award)
  • Representative Luke Messer, Indiana
  • Representative Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona
  • Governor Jerry Brown, California
  • Senator Steve Glazer, California
  • Mayor Sam Liccardo, San Jose, California
  • Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, California
  • Assemblymember Shirley Weber, California
  • Senator Owen Hill, Colorado
  • Representative Brittany Pettersen, Colorado
  • Representative Lang Sias, Colorado
  • Senator Angela Williams, Colorado
  • Governor Dannel Malloy, Connecticut
  • Representative Judy Boyle, Idaho
  • Senator Lori Den Hartog, Idaho
  • Senator Bob Nonini, Idaho
  • Governor Susana Martinez, New Mexico

 

Read about our 2018 Champions.

2017

  • State Representative Dan Burke, Illinois
  • Governor Matt Bevin, Kentucky
  • State Representative John Carney, Kentucky
  • State Senator David Givens, Kentucky
  • State Representative and Speaker of the House Jeff Hoover, Kentucky
  • State Representative Phil Moffett, Kentucky
  • State Representative Jonathan Shell, Kentucky
  • State Senator Stephen West, Kentucky
  • State Senator Mike Wilson, Kentucky
  • State Representative Jonathan Windy Boy, Montana
  • Assemblyman Troy Singleton, New Jersey
  • Senator Cory Booker, New Jersey
  • Representative Tom Cole, Oklahoma
  • State Senator Anthony H. Williams, Pennsylvania
  • Mayor James Diossa, Rhode Island
  • Senator Tim Scott, South Carolina
  • State Delegate R. Steven Landes, Virginia
  • State Senator Mark D. Obenshain, Virginia

 

Read about our 2017 Champions.

2016

  • Senator Roy Blunt (MO)
  • Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA)
  • Governor Charlie Baker (MA)
  • Mayor Michael Rawlings (Dallas, TX)
  • Senator Dennis Kruse (IN)
  • State Representative Bob Behning (IN)
  • State Senator Peggy Lehner (OH)
  • State Auditor Dave Yost (OH)
  • State Senator Steve Litzow (WA)
  • State Representative Larry Springer (WA)

 

Read about our 2016 Champions.

2015

  • Senator Michael Bennet (CO)
  • Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)
  • Governor Mary Fallin (OK)
  • Mayor Michael Hancock (Denver, CO)
  • State Senator Del Marsh (AL)
  • State Representative Terri Collins (AL)
  • State Senator Clark Jolley (OK)
  • State Senator Lee Denney (OK)

 

Read about our 2015 Champions.

2014

  • Senator Mark Kirk (IL)
  • Representative George Miller (CA)
  • Governor Andrew Cuomo (NY)
  • Governor Brian Sandoval (NV)
  • Mayor Kevin Johnson (Sacramento, CA)
  • State Senator Jill Tokuda (HI)
  • State Representative Phil Owens (SC)

 

Read about our 2014 Champions.

2013

  • Senator Richard J. Durbin (IL)
  • Chairman John Kline (MN)
  • Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves (MS)
  • Mayor Karl Dean (Nashville, TN)
  • State Senator Gray Tollison (MS)
 

2012

  • Senator Tom Harkin (IA)
  • Governor Nathan Deal (GA)
  • State Senator Malcolm Graham (NC)
  • State Representative Brian Bosma (IN)

2011

  • Representative Howard P. McKeon (CA)
  • Mayor Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa (Los Angeles, CA)
  • State Senator Mark Boitano (RI)
  • Education Commissioner Deborah Gist (RI)

2010

  • Representative Jared Polis (CO)
  • Governor Bobby Jindal (LA)
  • State Senator Wayne Kuipers (MI)
  • Mayor Francis G. Slay (St. Louis, MO)

2009

  • Senator Joseph Lieberman (CT)
  • Governor Bill Richardson (NM)
  • Mayor Daniel McKee (Cumberland, RI)
  • State Representative
  • Jan Jones (GA)

2008

  • Senator Thomas R. Carper (DE)
  • Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA)
  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg (New York, NY)
  • State Senator Peter Groff (CO)

2007

  • U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (TN)
  • Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle (GA)
  • Mayor Richard Daley (Chicago, IL)
  • State Representative Dwight Evans (PA)

2006

  • Senator Mary Landrieu (LA)
  • Lieutenant Governor Bill Owens (CO)
  • State Representative Ralph Arza (FL)
  • Mayor Bart Peterson (Indianapolis, IN)

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