Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) added to NPC Spelling Bee on 9/27, TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) has been added to NPC Spelling Bee to be held on Thursday, Sept. 27. He will participate along with previously confirmed contestants Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on the politicians’ team.

This event is a fundraiser for the National Press Club Journalism Institute. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the Bee will start at 7 p.m. To purchase tickets, please click here. There will also be a cash bar and complimentary snacks. “Bee” there or “Bee” square!

On the journalism team for the NPC Spelling Bee are 2017 champion and Club member Todd Gillman (The Dallas Morning News), Club Vice President Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak (NPR), Alexandra Petri (The Washington Post) and Tamar Hallerman (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).