2021 Ann Richards Dinner

Fancy Mask next to text The Collin County Democratic Party Presents The Ann Richards Masquerade Ball

The 2021 Ann Richards Dinner Is History!

Thanks to our Ann Richards Dinner sponsors and attendees this year, we had the most successful fundraising effort ever in the history of the event. And we had a blast while doing it! Who says you can't have fun while supporting the Party? We can’t wait until next year!

We are proud to share some photos from the 2021 Ann Richards Dinner!
Our ARD sponsors and guests will receive a link to the full gallery of photos.

: Our ARD Committee (l-r): Samantha McComas Baker, Amanda Massengale, Barbara Walters, Vielka Harrison, Cara Prentice, Andrea Heston, Caroline Werner, Karen Hearne, Rachel DuPree

: ARD Committee Co-Chairs Cara Prentice and Amanda Massengale

: Our Event Namesake, Former Democratic Governor of Texas, Ann Richards

: ARD Premier Sponsor and Candidate for US Congress Sandeep Srivastava

: ARD Champagne Sponsor Jeff Williams

: Honorary ARD Chair Dale Long

: Candidate for Texas Attorney General Joe Jaworski

: CCDP Executive Director Debbie O’Reilly

: CCDP Deputy Executive Director Matthew Leahy

: CCDP Chair Mike Rawlins

: Volunteer of the Year Amanda Massengale

: Premier Sponsor and Candidate for US CongressSandeep Srivastava, Candidate for State House (HD70) Lorenzo Sanchez, and CCDP Chair Mike Rawlins

: Gavin Nicholson and Himangi Kulshrestha

: Karen Hearne, Pearl Lewis, and Sara Mitchell

: Former CCDP Executive Director John Shanks, Jihaan Karjeker, Vinita Srivastava, Candidate for US Congress Sandeep Srivastava, Allen Area Democrats President Carrie Petersen

: Collin County NAACP President June Jenkins

: Texas 5th District Court of Appeals Justice Amanda Reichek, Candidate for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Dana Huffman, Texas House District 114 Candidate Charlie Gearing, Rachel Gearing, Texas 5th District Court of Appeals Justice Erin Nowell

: Texas 5th District Court of Appeals Justices Amanda Reichek and Erin Nowell

: Our Band, Moving Colors, Performs

: ARD Committee Members, and longtime activists, Barbara Walters and Karen Hearne

: The Stilt Lady performer from Soar Creative

: Former HD67 Candidate Tom Adair, Richardson Area Democrats President Ginny Laughlin, and Activist Pearl Lewis

: Plano Precinct Chair Sree Yedavalli and State House Candidate Lorenzo Sanchez

: Gavin Nicholson, Manu Lail, Kyle Therrian, Scott Coleman

: State House Candidate Kendall Scudder (HD114) and Carly Grimes

: Former SD8 Candidate Mark Phariss and his husband Vic Holmes

: Collin County Young Democrats pose at the Ann Richards Dinner

: Collin County Commissioner Candidate Scott Coleman

: Collin County Young Democrats Gabe Lewis, Suzie Miller, and Brant Beland

: CCDP Vice Chair Frederick “Nic” Nickens speaks with Prosper Precinct Chair Scarlett Cornwallis and her husband, State Board of Education Candidate Alex Cornwallis

: Sam Johnson and Matt Leahy

: Some of our performers for the ARD

: Acrobatics performer at the 2021 Ann Richards Dinner

: One of our performers for the ARD