2026 State Nominations Thread

BBMomma said:
What advice would you give someone from a very competitive district, that got their senior senators as well.
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Hard to tell but personally, I'd go with the smaller catchment area (the district) as with the Senator, you're conceivably competing with everyone else in the state.
 
bella123 said:
I was checking my USNA portal and under nominations it says California Senator 1. I never received any emails or notifications from my Senator nor did I interview with them. Is this a bug in the system or is it legit? Thanks!
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Our daughter is in the same boat. Her portal reads California Senator 1. She never interviewed with either Senator and has not heard a word from Padilla.
 
BBMomma said:
What advice would you give someone from a very competitive district, that got their senior senators as well.
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I thought your district required kids to withdrawal from the running for Senate noms if they got an MOC nom. Is that not correct?
 
OldRetSWO said:
Hard to tell but personally, I'd go with the smaller catchment area (the district) as with the Senator, you're conceivably competing with everyone else in the state.
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Ragnar2026 said:
I thought your district required kids to withdrawal from the running for Senate noms if they got an MOC nom. Is that not correct?
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Yes they do, I was just curious and asked him since OldRetSWo is a long standing 10+ year member on this site and has probably seen a lot and answered a lot of people's questions. My son got his nomination from our senior senator, but our district works with the senators so we didnt have to worry about informing them of duplicate nominations especialky since he only applied to the USAFA. Applying to an SA, is such a unique experience and not like the typical college application process, so it's interesting to hear questions and ask more for future classes that may have the same ones. 😉
 
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BBMomma said:
Yes they do, I was just curious and asked him since OldRetSWo is a long standing 10+ year member on this site and has probably seen a lot and answered a lot of people's questions. My son got his nomination from our senior senator, but our district works with the senators so we didnt have to worry about informing them of duplicate nominations especialky since he only applied to the USAFA. Applying to an SA, is such a unique experience and not like the typical college application process, so it's interesting to hear questions and ask more for future classes that may have the same ones. 😉
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Thanks. This process is so confusing and it seems like there are several black boxes to contend with. We should all be issued Master's degrees in Service Academy logistics at the end of this. 🤓
 
Ragnar2026 said:
Thanks. This process is so confusing and it seems like there are several black boxes to contend with. We should all be issued Master's degrees in Service Academy logistics at the end of this. 🤓
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Exactly and lol yes!! 🤣😂
 
Ragnar2026 said:
I thought your district required kids to withdrawal from the running for Senate noms if they got an MOC nom. Is that not correct?
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This may be the case in your specific district since in general, either the senators/MOCs will ask kids to withdraw their application if they have already received a nom from another source, or MOCs and senators will coordinate to make sure that each kid does not get more than one nom in order to give out noms to more people (as @BBMomma stated). However, a few states/districts do not do this, which is why it is possible for some kids in certain states/districts to get both a senatorial + MOC nom.
 
IronmanDaremo said:
Yeah, my son just told me the same thing a few minutes ago. He reports back to school on Saturday, so if it doesn't show up before then, I get the terror of opening the letter for him! :eek:
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TTownsend13 said:
Yes!! My daughter got the same email!!!
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We received the letter, But I cannot open it because my son is at school and it will be no good to do that :):)
 
TTownsend13 said:
Great news......and best of luck! I can see from our informed delivery that our letter should be in our mailbox today as well.........fingers crossed!!
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Thank you! I do not think that he received it though, but like many of us here, plans B, C and D are in motion. One way or another, he'll accomplish what he wants.
 
luqui03 said:
Thank you! I do not think that he received it though, but like many of us here, plans B, C and D are in motion. One way or another, he'll accomplish what he wants.
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Out of curiosity what makes you think he didn't get it? What MD district are you?
 
We're in the same boat (in MD-03). Don't think my son will get one as well. He didn't last year from Senators or the MOC (only to USAFA and USMA). While he did well in his interviews, we are just in a super competitive area for people who want to get into Annapolis.

Guess he'll find out today or tomorrow on the nom possibility!
 
IronmanDaremo said:
We're in the same boat (in MD-03). Don't think my son will get one as well. He didn't last year from Senators or the MOC (only to USAFA and USMA). While he did well in his interviews, we are just in a super competitive area for people who want to get into Annapolis.

Guess he'll find out today or tomorrow on the nom possibility!
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I am team Ironman, 🤞
 
If my district (NJ-09) gave me a nomination but didn’t send any correspondence or release information is it ok to call and ask whether they give principal or rank nominees and where I am?

Debating doing that since I’m not sure where I’m at
 
IronmanDaremo said:
We're in the same boat (in MD-03). Don't think my son will get one as well. He didn't last year from Senators or the MOC (only to USAFA and USMA). While he did well in his interviews, we are just in a super competitive area for people who want to get into Annapolis.

Guess he'll find out today or tomorrow on the nom possibility!
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So Van Hollen decisions are coming.....has anyone heard about Cardin yet?
 
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