Just back from a post-election visit to Mom in Florida — she's fine, thanks for asking! — it's now time to announce the winner of our 2009 Election Contest!

I compiled a list of key elections — everything from the two gubernatorial and two congressional races, plus the same-sex marriage referenda in Maine, down to a handful of mayoral contests. You had to pick the winners in each.

But there was also a scoring system involved: ten points each for the gov. races in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the special congressional race in upstate New York. Five points each for the California 10 House race, the Maine referendum, and the New York City mayoral election. And one point each went to the other mayoral races.

We had a mechanism for breaking a tie, should that have been necessary.

It wasn't.

Not only was Joe Selby of Nashua, N.H., the winner — he got every one right. He finished with 47 points ... closely followed by Maureen Hogan of Phoenix, Ariz., with 46 points. Joe wins a pair of 1976 presidential campaign buttons from President Ford and Jimmy Carter.

The average score, as tabulated by NPR's Eyder Peralta, was 57 percent — an "F" if you're keeping score at home. Only 28 percent of the responders correctly picked Chris Christie in New Jersey, while 78 percent knew Bob McDonnell would win in Virginia.

Here's how everyone finished. (You can find your own score by clicking "control F".)

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