* Sen. Bill Cadman (R-CO), State Chair of the Year Award – First Recipient
* Governor [[Rick Perry]] (R-TX), Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award
* Sen. Steve Faris (D-AR), William J. Raggio Excellence Award<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/AM/PDF/35016_InsideALEC_SeptOct2010.pdf Inside ALEC Sept-Oct 2010], organizational newsletter, September-October 2010, p. 22'''this page has been altered by ALEC and is no longer available'''</ref>
==2009 Award-Winners==