With more than 500 votes cast over two rounds, we had incredibly close voting this year. Without further ado, here are the winners…
1. Best National Blog: Blogs written by Floridians that covers primarily national politics.
Winner: Saint Petersblog with 51% of the vote
Runner up: Florida Progressive Coalition
2. Best State Blog: Blogs about statewide politics in Florida.
Winner: Saint Petersblog with 54%
Runner up: Florida Progressive Coalition
3. Best Local Blog: Blogs about city/county/regional politics in the state of Florida.
Winner: Ybor City Stogie with 54%
Runner up: West Palm Beach Liberal Examiner
4. Best Media Blog: Blogs written by professional journalists at Florida publications.
Winner: The Buzz with 53%
Runner up: The Mitch Perry Report
5. Best Professional Blog: Blogs written by state or local political parties, candidates or party operatives in Florida.
Winner: Steve Schale by one vote
Runner up: The Fort Report
6. Best Party Website: Best Florida-wide website associated with a political party or political party unit (such as a caucus or coalition).
Winner: Florida Young Democrats with 51%
Runner up: Florida Democratic Party
7. Best Candidate Website: Anyone running for statewide or local office in Florida can win this one.
Winner: Audrey Gibson with 55%
Runner up: Lois Frankel
8. Best Local Party Website: This one is for Florida DECs, clubs or local chapters of statewide caucuses or coalitions.
Winner: Greater Pinellas with 67%
Runner up: Leon County
9. Best Interest Group Website: Any Florida-based nonparty activist, charitable or grassroots group.
Winner: Awake the State with 52%
Runner up: Pink Slip Rick
10. Best Writer: Anyone whose writings is published at any of the above websites is eligible for this one. Winners should have one or more of the following qualities: good grammar and presentation, provides original reporting, has a good sense of humor, shows creativity, has a strong personal touch, or has an effect on the real world because of their writing.
Winner: Kenneth Quinnell, Florida Progressive Coalition/Crooks and Liars, with 63%
Runner up: Jim Hruska, RangerAgainstWar
11. Netroots Candidate of the Year: The Florida candidate at any level who has best incorporated the Netroots into her/his campaign and done the best job of treating Netroots activists as valid constituents and not just another group of people to exploit.
Winner: Scott Randolph with 52%
Runner up: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
12. Netroots Activist of the Year: The individual who has done the most to advance the goals and activities of the progressive Netroots in the state of Florida.
Winner: Susannah Randolph, Florida Watch Action with 50%
Runner up: Ray Seaman, Progress Florida
13. Rookie Activist of the Year: The individual who has doe the most to advance the goals and activities of the progressive Netroots in the state of Florida who is relatively new to Netroots activism in the state. Anyone who has been previously nominated in ANY category or has more than three years Netroots-related experience in Florida is ineligible for this award.
Winner: Amy Ritter, Florida Watch Action with 54%
Runner up: Timothy Martin, Awake the State
14. Netroots Organization of the Year: The organization that has done the most to advance the goals and activities of the progressive Netroots in the state of Florida.
Winner: Awake the State with 52%
Runner up: Progress Florida
15. Best New Blogger: This one should go to the best blogger who has been blogging about Florida politics for no more than a year and a half.
Winner: Kimberly Kent by one vote
Runner up: Kevin Cate
16. Best Online Campaign: This is an award for the best use of the web and related technologies to achieve some kind of goal, such as fundraising, fighting legislation or other activism.
Winner: Pink Slip Rick with 70%
Runner up: It Gets Worse
17. Best Use of Twitter: Any Floridian who uses Twitter and whose posts incorporate the following qualities: good use of the language, original reporting, a good sense of humor, creativity, a strong personal touch and an effect on the real world because of their writing.
Winner: Progress Florida with 65%
Runner up: Kenneth Quinnell
18. Best Overall Use of Social Media: The best use of the various social media sites (Twitter, Facebook and other similar sites) in accomplishing political goals.
Winner: Awake the State with 52%
Runner up: Progress Florida
19. Best Post: The best-written post since last year’s awards.
Winner: An afternoon with Charlie, The Once-and-future Governor, Peter Schorsch with 53%
Runner up: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They, Ranger Against War
20. Best Ongoing Series: The best regular feature that incorporates at least five posts since last year’s awards.
Winner: Pink Slip Rick, Florida Watch Action with 61%
Runner up: Terror Series, Ranger Against War
21. Best Online Multimedia Post: The best progressive/liberal/Democratic online audio, radio or video production — this is for one-shots.
Winner: It Gets Worse Florida, Rick Scott: Return of the Shredder with 66%
Runner up: Leaflet Descending, Rick Scott Cartoon: “Drug Tests”
22. Best Online Ongoing Multimedia Project: The best progressive/liberal/Democratic online audio, radio or video production — this is for ongoing series.
Winner: It Gets Worse Florida with 54%
Runner up: Progress News Network
23. Most Creative Work: This is for the progressive/liberal/Democratic online writing/music/art/multimedia that shows the most creativity and artistic merit.
Winner: Pink Slip Rick with 54%
Runner up: Incorporate My Uterus
24. Florida Progressive Coalition Progressive Hall of Fame: FPC is sponsoring a virtual “Progressive Hall of Fame” that should be awarded as sort of a lifetime achievement award to a person or organization (amateur or professional) that has made a significant contribution towards making Florida a bluer, more progressive state. This award may have more than one recipient.
(in order of most votes received)
Winner: Susannah Randolph
Winner: Awake the State
Winner: Scott Randolph
Winner: Alan Brock
Winner: Eric Jotkoff
25. Progressive Courage Award: Florida politician or political activist who has been a leader on a particular progressive issue in the last year, making a difference in the lives of Floridians. (Last Year’s Winner: Vicky Impoco)
Winner: Scott Randolph with 66%
Runner up: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
26. Best use of E-mail: We’re all inundated with e-mail from campaigns and organizations. This award goes to the liberal, progressive or Democratic organization or candidate that best uses their e-mail list. “Best” is obviously a subjective term, but we’re talking about a balance of an acceptable frequency of sending e-mails and quality of the e-mails sent.
Winner: Pink Slip Rick with 52%
Runner up: Progress Florida
Congratulation Ken.