With almost 60,000 votes out of over 180,000 cast, the Washington Times Kara Rowland has won FishbowlDC's first Rising Star competition.

The top ten:

1. Kara Rowland, Washington Times
2. Jeanette Dove, Two Mundos
3. Rachel Barth, Washington Examiner
4. David Francis, Washington Examiner
5. Mike Memoli, National Journal / Hotline
6. Bill Roggio, embedded journalist
7. Scott McCrary, CBS
8. Christina Bellantoni, Washington Times
9. Sue Davis, Roll Call
10. Jen Haberkorn, Washington Times

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated.

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