A portfolio of political pictures comprised solely from photos entered in the four political categories – Presidential, Insiders Washington, On Capitol Hill and Picture Story/Politics. Photographs entered in non-political categories (domestic news, pictorial, etc) are not eligible to be part of the Political Portfolio. Political Portfolio must include one Picture Story/Politics story, plus single images. The maximum total number of pictures in this portfolio is 20, including all singles and all story images.
First Place
Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Second Place
Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Third Place
Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Award of Excellence
Doug Mills, The New York Times