Dean Senator Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo), who represents San Marcos, has won the National Federation of Press Women’s 2024 National Sweepstakes Award for the third time in four years.
The award is based on points assigned to winning national entries selected from first-place winners in related statewide programs throughout the country.
Senator Zaffirini’s14 national awards—including five first place, one second place, four third place and four honorable mentions—were announced recently at NFPW’s annual awards dinner in St. Louis. Her winning entries included her annual newsletter, Senator Judith Zaffirini Reports to the Families of District 21; press releases; speechwriting; her children’s handbook, Welcome to the Texas Senate: This is where I work (and how I got here); and her crisis communication in response to wildfires in Hays and Zapata counties.
