ANNUAL AWARDS
Each year, CSPC hosts an awards dinner honoring leading public servants and changemakers of character and integrity. CSPC gives one of four awards: the Publius Award, for leadership and bipartisanship in government; the Eisenhower Award, for leadership in national security affairs; the Hamilton Award, for economic or fiscal leadership; and the Thurgood Marshall Award, for champions of equality and justice.
2025 Award Recipients: Senator Todd Young and Representative Ro Khanna
2025 Publius Award Recipients Senator Todd Young (center) and Representative Ro Khanna (right)
At our recent annual Awards Dinner, CSPC proudly presented the Publius Award to Senator Todd Young and Representative Ro Khanna, recognizing their exemplary public service and strategic leadership.
Since joining the U.S. Senate in 2017, Senator Young has established himself as a bipartisan problem solver on a host of critical issues such as supporting veterans, enhancing national security, expanding affordable housing, and growing the economy. Throughout his time in Congress, Representative Khanna has earned a reputation for working across the aisle to deliver legislation investing in science and technology and creating millions of jobs to help revitalize American technology and manufacturing.
Named after The Federalist Papers pseudonym, the award honors leaders who bridge political and geographical divides to address national challenges. We commend Senator Young and Representative Khanna for their dedication to fostering bipartisan solutions that prepare our nation for global competition and for exemplifying the collaborative leadership that the Publius Award celebrates.
Past Awardees
2024 Awardees Rep. Jim Himes and Rep. Michael Turner
2024: Publius Award
Representative Michael Turner (R-OH)
Representative Jim Himes (D-CT)
2023: Eisenhower Award
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
2022: Publius Award
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Senator Angus King (I-ME)
2023 Awardee Rep. Mike Gallagher with Presidential Fellows
2020: Thurgood Marshall Award
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Representative John Lewis (D-GA)
2019: Eisenhower Award
Gwynne Shotwell (President and COO of SpaceX)
Heather Wilson (President of the University of Texas at El Paso and former Secretary of the Air Force)
2018: Publius Award
Governor John Hickenlooper (CO)
Governor John Kasich (OH)
2022 Awardee Senator Murkoswki with Presidential Fellows
2017: Publius Award
Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
2016: Eisenhower Award
Ashton Carter (U.S. Secretary of Defense)
2015: Publius Award
Governor Terry McAuliffe (VA)
Governor Rick Snyder (MI)
2014: Publius Award
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL)