OPINION — Well, here we are again, at the end of another year. And for my money, 2020 can’t end soon enough. Anyway, it’s time for another of those best/worst, winners/losers columns. As always, I’ll list some nominees and pick my winners. Feel free to disagree. Just don’t email me. Most overhyped Senate race Nominees: South Carolina: Sen. Lindsey Graham vs. Jaime Harrison Montana: Sen. Steve Daines vs. Gov. Steve BullockMichigan: Sen. Gary Peters vs. John JamesKentucky: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vs. Amy McGrath The winner: Not even close. Kentucky. Democratic contributors thought with their hearts, not their heads. McGrath never had a chance. Trump lawyer of the year Nominees: Jenna Ellis Rudy GiulianiSidney PowellJoe DiGenova The winner: I know. It’s difficult not to pick Sidney Powell immediately. But there is no winner here. Just a bunch of losers. (But be sure to read the New York Times and Wall Street Journal profiles of Ellis.) Biggest surprise of 2020 Nominees: Maine Sen. Susan Collins reelectedRothenberg has the chutzpah to do another one of these awful best-and-worst columnsCOVID-19Republicans make gains in House My winner: COVID? Nah, it’s just a hoax. I’m going with Republican House gains, which were completely unexpected. Republican of the year Nominees: Utah Sen. Mitt RomneyGeorgia Secretary of State Brad RaffenspergerPhiladelphia City Commissioner Al SchmidtGeorgia voting system implementation manager Gabriel Sterling The winner: Romney behaved better than his Senate colleagues, but Schmidt put himself out there knowing that many Republican voters and officeholders would vilify him. Still, Raffensperger and Sterling are my picks to share the award given the abuse they put up with, and for their honesty, integrity and commitment to the democratic process. Donald Trump’s most intense political love affair of 2020 was with … Nominees: Vladimir PutinKim Jong UnBenjamin NetanyahuMohammed bin SalmanDonald Trump The winner: It’s The Donald. It’s always The Donald. Words/phrases most associated with Donald Trump Nominees: “The likes of which has never been seen before”Ventilators“If we stopped testing now, we’d have very few cases, if any.” Hydroxychloroquine“Rigged election” The winner: Boy, this is a tough one. I’m going with the testing one though. He still doesn’t understand the relationship between testing and cases. [jwp-video n="1"] Sycophant of the year Nominees: South Carolina Sen. Lindsey GrahamGeorgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly LoefflerOhio Rep. Jim JordanFlorida Rep. Matt Gaetz The winner: Oh, Lindsey, what would John McCain think? Most in need of a preemptive pardon Nominees: Donald Trump Jr.Ivanka Trump and Jared KushnerStuart RothenbergEric TrumpRudy Giuliani The winner: It’s a tie! All of the above — except me. 2020 bombshell too quickly forgotten Nominees: Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins, Jan. 16Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies, Sept. 18“We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” — Trump, Jan. 22Revelations in “Rage” by Bob Woodward, published Sept. 15 The winner: It’s Ginsburg, of course. A huge impact on the high court, the law and the country for many years to come. Biggest loser of the year Nominees: Donald J. TrumpPresident TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Dear Leader My winner: Loser Donald J. Trump. A Biden supporter celebrates next to a caricature of President Donald Trump on Fourteenth Street Northwest in Washington on Nov. 7 after news outlets declared victory for the Democratic presidential ticket. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)