Mad Hot Ballroom

Associated Press reporter Judy Lin (with her partner, Djimi Klein of The Mirror Ball Dance Studio) is pretty in pink during her fox-trot.

KCRA anchor Edie Lambert and her partner, Richie Selby of The Mirror Ball Dance Studio, get a leg up on the competition. Lambert took home a mini mirror ball trophy for her win in the tango category, in which she bested her husband, Lloyd Levine.

Kevin Riggs, senior VP of Randle Communications and former KCRA political reporter, geeks out with Pande during their fox-trot.

Lloyd Levine, president of Filament Strategies and former state assemblyman, and his partner, Barnaly Pande from The Mirror Ball Dance Studio, prove that it takes two to tango.

Roger Niello, president of the Sacramento Metro Chamber and former state assemblyman, reaches out to Pande during their waltz.

Sacramento Bee reporter Ed Fletcher (with his partner, Jamie Cooper of The Mirror Ball Dance Studio) lies low during his waltz.

The night’s big winner Karen Skelton, founder of Skelton Strategies, with her dad George Skelton, an LA Times political columnist and the evening’s honoree (far left), and Rich Ehisen, Sacramento Press Club president and State Net Capitol Journal editor

The three judges, from left: Ron Cunningham, co-artistic director of the Sacramento Ballet, News10 anchor Cristina Mendonsa and Dan Walters, a political columnist for The Sacramento Bee