Data & Analytics Innovator of the Year
This award recognizes exceptional use of data and analytics to drive groundbreaking campaign strategies, voter targeting, or persuasive messaging. Honoring the team or individual who exemplifies innovation in harnessing data to achieve measurable success, this category highlights how advanced analytics have shaped the outcomes of candidate or advocacy campaigns.

Statewide Campaign of the Year
This award honors the top-performing candidate campaign conducted within a single state that exemplified exceptional leadership, strategic innovation, and impactful results.

Public Affairs Campaign of the Year
Honoring a standout public affairs campaign that mastered multiple media channels to shift the conversation and drive results.

Ballot Measure Campaign of the Year
Recognizing a game-changing ballot measure campaign that leveraged every tool to influence public opinion and win.

Independent Expenditure Campaign of the Year
Awarding excellence in independent expenditures that crafted a powerful campaign for a candidate or cause across multiple platforms.

Fundraiser of the Year
Awarded to the fundraising powerhouse who fueled a campaign’s success through bold and effective strategies.

Most Valuable Player of the Year
Celebrating the standout player who went above and beyond, delivering impact that made a real difference in a campaign’s outcome.

Pollster of the Year
Recognizing the pollster whose insights gave campaigns a winning edge, driving strategy with data that mattered.

Campaign Manager of the Year, Non-Statewide
Honoring the leader behind a non-statewide campaign whose skills and vision drove exceptional success.  Eligible recipients must have led overall operations for a non-statewide campaign, including mayoral, state legislative, and U.S. congressional races, as well as Special Elections and Recalls.

Campaign Manager of the Year, Statewide
Highlighting the campaign manager who skillfully directed a high-stakes statewide race with strategic excellence.

Campaign of the Year
This award celebrates the most outstanding candidate campaign that delivered exceptional results, regardless of its scale. The honoree(s) will have demonstrated exemplary strategy, creativity, and execution, setting a benchmark for excellence in the field. This category is open to campaigns at any level.

Recipients of the Excellence Awards do not need to be AAPC members. Awards are made at the sole discretion of the AAPC. AAPC reserves the right to consider nominations in categories other than originally submitted