Election 2008 Superlatives!

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.)