DEADLINE:   To secure your tickets, please RSVP using the form below and email or mail your contribution with the attached form by December 1, 2025 at 5pm.   No refunds for tickets will be given. 

January 30-31st, 2026

We are excited to announce

Washington Mardi Gras festivities for 2026!

Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. and Major General Andreé Carter invite you to join them in our Nation's Capital for what promises to be a return of all the magic that is Washington Mardi Gras! Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. of the 2nd Congressional District, who served as chair of the 76th Washington Mardi Gras, has announced that Gray Stream, a Lake Charles-based business executive, investor, conservationist, and philanthropist, will reign as King of the 2026 ball. Sarah Heebe, a sophomore at Yale University and a graduate of Metairie Park Country Day School, will be Queen of the celebration. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Tickets are $2,500.00 per couple, per night. $5,000.00 covers both official Washington Mardi Gras events, hosted by the Mystick Krewe of Louisianians, at the Washington Hilton Hotel:

• Friday, January 30 – Formal dinner dance with the royal court presentation (two tickets)
• Saturday, January 31 – Washington Mardi Gras ball and parade (two tickets) 
  

HOW TO PAY AND REGISTER
For accounting purposes, it is necessary that all guests make out one personal check to "Build the Bench PAC" or pay online here.

$2,500.00 to Build The Bench PAC

Mail To: 
Attn: Representative Delisha Boyd
PO Box 741923
New Orleans, LA 70174

All payments for event tickets will be mailed to the address in the Ticket Reservation Form no later than December 1, 2025.

No delayed payment exceptions exist. We cannot and will not hold any tickets for payment at a later date. There will not be refunds for unused Friday / Saturday night tickets or Build The Bench PAC.

If we have not received your payment by the December 1, 2025 at 5pm, deadline, your tickets will no longer be available for Washington Mardi Gras 2026.

To secure your tickets, submit the reservation form and payment by  December 1, 2025 at 5pm.

Please reserve tickets as indicated below.

• Friday, January 30, 2026 — Formal Dinner Dance with Royal Court Presentation
• Saturday, January 31, 2026 — Washington Mardi Gras Ball & Parade

Your invitation is non-transferable, and we ask for your understanding.

Paid for by Build the Bench PAC. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. We are unable to accept corporate checks or credit cards for the Build the Bench PAC