Spotlight Dinner Awards
The Spotlight Dinner is our signature event of the year. Democrats from all over the state come, not just to celebrate the honorees, but to mingle with Democrats from every office, enjoy good food and entertainment, and because they know that 100% of the funds raised at this event are donated to our Democratic candidates.
Spotlight awards include those in spotlight, the Bonnie Bryan Award (presented by Senator Richard Bryan), and the Lifetime Achievement Award for service to Nevada. New in 2024: The Frances Perkins Award for leadership in organized Labor.
This event has enabled Women's Democratic Club of Clark County to donate more than half a million dollars to Democratic candidates, and we don't intend to stop there.
2024
Judy Klein
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ida Gaines
Bonnie Bryan Award
Carole Kilburn, IBEW 357
Francis Perkins Award
Spotlight Award Recipients
Judge Bonnie Bulla
Nevada Court of Appeals
Barbara Buckley
Legal Aid Center
of Nevada
Dr. Florence Jameson
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Briana JohnsonClark County Assessor
2023
Rachakonda Prabhu, M.D.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Barbara Aupperle
Bonnie Bryan Award
Michael Aupperle
Bonnie Bryan Award
Spotlight Award Recipients
Judge Cristina Silva
United States District Court
District of Nevada
Justice Linda Bell
Nevada Supreme Court
Seat A
Justice Elissa Cadish
Nevada Supreme Court
Seat C
Judge Nancy Allf
Eighth Judicial District Court
Dept 27
Judge Karen Bennett-Haron (Ret)
Las Vegas Justice Court
Dept 7
Judge Tierra Jones
Eighth Judicial District Court
Dept 10
Judge Joanna Kishner
Eighth Judicial District Court
Dept 31
Judge Valorie Vega (Ret)
Eighth Judicial District Court
Dept 2
Judge Ann Zimmerman
LV Township Justice Court
Dept 8
Judge Carolyn Ellsworth (Ret)
Eighth Judicial District Court
Dept 5
Judge Gloria Sturman
Eighth Judicial District Court
Dept 26
2022
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Lifetime Achievement Award
U.S. Senator Richard Bryan
Congressman James Bilbray
Sara Denton & Family
Lifetime Achievement Award
Memorial Award
Bonnie Bryan Award
Governor Steve Sisolak
Spotlight Award
Lt. Governor Kate Marshall
Spotlight Award
Treasurer Zach Conine
Spotlight Award
Controller Catherine Byrne
Spotlight Award
Attorney General Aaron Ford
Spotlight Award
2020
Previous Years
Dorothy Eisenberg
Bonnie Bryan Award
2019
2018
2017
Bonnie Bryan Award
Alisa Nave
Bonnie Bryan Award
Amy Ayoub
Lifetime Achievement Award
Loretta Harper
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
Spotlight Award
Congressman Ruben Kihuen
Spotlight Award
Congresswoman Jacky Rosen
Spotlight Award
Congresswoman Dina Titus
Spotlight Award
Congresswoman Susie Lee
Spotlight Award
Danna Lovell
Spotlight Award
UNLV Young Democrats
Spotlight Award
First Lady Kathy Sisolak
Spotlight Award
IATSE 720
Spotlight Award
IBEW 357
Spotlight Award
NSEA
Spotlight Award
Pre-2017
Commissioner Susan Brager
Commissioner Larry Brown
Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick
Commissioner Mary Beth Scow
Commissioner Steve Sisolak
Commissioner Lawrence Weekly
Dr. Constance Brooks
Assemblywoman Lucy Flores
Treasurer Kate Marshall
Laura Martin
Judge Gloria O'Malley
Justice Nancy Saitta
State Controller Kim Wallin
Senator Joyce Woodhouse
Bennett Family
Bilbray Family
Cortez Family
Dondero Family
Miller Family
Harriett Trudell
Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez Thompson
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
Clark County Recorder Loretta Bowman Hunt
Assemblywoman Barbara Buckley
Assemblywoman Irene Bustamante Adams
Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa
Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz
Commissioner Thalia Dondero
Clark County Treasurer Laura Fitzpatrick
Regent Lilliam Hickey
Mayor Jan Jones
Assemblywoman Dina Neal
Judge Gloria Sanchez
Congresswoman Dina Titus
Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates
First Lady Bonnie Bryan
Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani
Neal Family
Landra Reid
Segerblom Family
Commissioner Myrna Tormé Williams
Claudine Williams