So, who wins what prizes this year? Feel free to suggest other prizes or candidates for any prize!
Nominees below the fold.
Most Interesting Name:
Barack Obama (D-Pres)
Theodore Terbolizard (R-CA-04)
Pro-Life (R-ID-Sen)
Charlie Brown (D-CA-04)
Carl Mumpower (R-NC-11)
Elwyn Tinklenberg (D-MN-06)
(and Bill Sally?)
Most undeserving win:
Michelle Bachmann (R-MN-06)
Don Young (R-AK-AL)
Aaron Schock (R-IL-18)
Dollar Bill (D-LA-02)
Mean Jean (R-OH-02)
Most undeserving loss:
Nick Lampson (D-TX-22)
Nancy Boyda (D-KS-02)
Don Cazayoux (D-LA-06)
Most deserving loss:
Andy Harris (R-MD-01)
Tim Mahoney ( D WTF-FL-16)
Robin Hayes (R-NC-08)
Randy Kuhl (R-NY-29)
Virgil Goode (R-VA-05)
Tom Feeney (R-FL-24)
Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO-04)
Best campaign:
Walt Minnick (D-ID-01)
Barack Obama & Joe Biden (D-Pres & VP)
Tom Perriello (D-VA-05)
Harry Teague (D-NM-02)
Alan Grayson (D-FL-08)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR-Sen)
Kay Hagan (D-NC-Sen)
Travis Childers (D-MS-01)
Worst campaign:
Bill Sali (R-ID-01)
Paul Kanjorski (D-PA-11) (but he won, so maybe he shouldn’t be here)
Mike Arcuri (D-NY-24) (well, he won anyway, but with a very underwhelming win)
Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH-15)
David Boswell (D-KY-02)
Linda Stender (D-NJ-07)
Kay Barnes (D-MO-06)
John McCain (R-Pres)
Rudy Giuliani (R-Pres)
Fred Thompson (R-Pres)
Bob Straniere (R-NY-13)
Carl Mumpower (R-NC-11) (YOU CAN’T STOP THE MUMPOWER)
“What happened to the” Liddy Dole “I knew?” (R-NC-Sen)
Stupidest event on the D side:
Michael “Bad” Jackson
Mahoney’s getting sucked into the FL-16 sex scandal swamp (or his sheer existence, after retroactively failing the ChadInFL Jim Webb Smell Test)
John Edwards’s also getting sucked into a sex scandal swamp
John Murtha’s rednecks comment
Mark Penn ignores caucuses
Boyda rejects the D-trip
Hillary attacks liberal elitism
Jon Powers vs. Jack Davis
Stupidest event on the R side:
McCain’s choice of running mate
the Club for Shrinkage primarying Wayne Gilchrest
NY-13 (enough said)
McCain’s suspended campaign (yea, right)
Dole’s “Godless” ad
Jim Gilmore’s convention
Bill Sali (he’s his own event)
Joe the Plumber debacle
Giuliani skips the early primaries
Wilson vs. Pearce (NM-Sen)
Cheney endorses McCain
Big Bad John Cornyn (granted, though, he didn’t lose)
Best-looking men:
Martin Heinrich (D-NM-01)
Mark Warner (D-VA-Sen)
Aaron Schock (R-IL-18)
Scott Kleeb (D-NE-Sen)
Patrick Murphy (D-PA-08)
Jon Powers (D-??)
Best-looking women:
Gabby Giffords (D-AZ-08)
Sarah Palin (R-VP)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY-20)
Debbie Cook (D-CA-46)
Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD-AL)
Closest federal race: well, this still has yet to be decided. But it looks like MN-Sen, OH-15, or CA-04 might win that prize, with VA-05 having an outside chance. (“Landslide Joe” Courtney won by a real landslide this time.)