5 Comments » - House Observer - Friday, Dec 5, 25 @ 9:40 am: Best Democratic State House Staff Member - Nora Walsh!! Nora was elevated to Director after only a few months as Deputy, and handled the transition and structural overhaul of the Speaker’s Office with the grace and professionalism of a tenured staffer. She quickly gathered her team together, rose to the occasion, and provided valuable context, insight, and support to Senior Leadership during a time of uncertainty and little institutional knowledge. She’s worked to build up the Legislative Unit to a number larger than it’s ever been, brought the LC/Member ratio back down to 2/3:1 (as opposed to 4 last year), and navigated Member issues with the confidence of someone in the role for years. Best Republican House Staffer - Jen Paswater! Jen always has a level head about her, even when nobody would blame her for looking a bit stressed. She knows her work in and out, and is always willing to cooperate with staffers on the other side. She navigates tense subject matter and all personalities with the utmost respect and professionalism, and I always know things will be okay if I see Jen in a committee room. - Notorious JMB - Friday, Dec 5, 25 @ 9:44 am: Hands down Nathan Mansfield for the House Republicans. In addition to having a wealth of institutional knowledge on transportation issues Manny has trained countless staffers and interns over the years having an outsized impact on policy in the state. Well respected by everyone who works with him and just an all around good guy, he’s more than deserving of a Golden Horseshoe. Afraid I don’t know many of the Dem staffers anymore. - Room 118 - Friday, Dec 5, 25 @ 9:50 am: HDEMS: Madeline McCune returned and immediately mended relationships and rebuilt trust across the board. Her office works better than it has in years and that is because she put in the work and genuinely cares about her team. Madeline also positioned the House to start the budget bill this year which was huge for the caucus. She is absolutely deserving of this award. I would love to nominate in the House Republican category but I don’t know many staffers over there. - JustADude - Friday, Dec 5, 25 @ 9:57 am: HDem: Second for Madeline McCune. She has always been a consummate professional and the Caucus would have been lost without her institutional knowledge navigating and leading the budget process. Biggest blessing for HDems this year was getting her back. HGOP: Jen Paswater. Someone who simply keeps her head down and does the work - has for years. She is quick to assist her members with questions that she could delegate while leading on some of the toughest issues all with composure and grace. - kdjiajdi - Friday, Dec 5, 25 @ 10:00 am: I nominate Jason Mendonca as the best house dem staffer. I don’t know many house GOP staff so I cannot comment on that. TrackBack URI Anonymous commenters, uncivil comments, rumor-mongering, disinformation and profanity of any kind will be deleted. Name/Nickname - Required (required) E-mail - Not required (not required) URL - Not required