Party people, the year is quickly drawing to a close and you know what that means: A look back at the best – as in, creative/kooky/oddball – parties of 2014! We’ll be counting down the top 10 parties all week (or if you want to see them all ahead of time, check out our blog post, you cheater) Here’s #4 and #3.

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#4: Tom Udall plays The Game of Thrones



Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., cashed in on the “Game of Thrones” craze when his campaign raffled off a spot at a VIP reception with series creator George R. R. Martin at his personal theater in Santa Fe.

#3: Congressional Carbo-loading

Like many other political watchers, Party Time kept up with the midterms madness with plenty of coffee and donuts. But we noticed an interesting trend in the two or three days prior to Election Day: some serious carbo-loading! Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro had his annual pasta and politics dinneron Nov. 2, and Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., threw a pasta party of his own the next afternoon.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the second craziest political fundraiser of 2014. Til next time, partiers!