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The Contest: A New Leader Emerges

Trailhead reader Mark Lyons has taken the lead in the Primary Pool contest, notching nine of the 12 possible points over the weekend to bring his total to 25 points out of a possible 33. Mark was one of eight contestants to guess the first-, second-, and third-place winners in the South Carolina Republican primary.

This week’s honorable mention goes to Quintus Jett, the only contestant to correctly guess the results of the Nevada Republican caucuses, in which Ron Paul finished second to Mitt Romney, ahead of John McCain in third place.

Also, Trailhead owes an apology to Jeremy Naylor, whose original submission was not included in our pool due to a formatting error. After the Michigan primaries, Naylor had earned 18 points, which put him in the lead over two contestants who each had 17. Naylor now has 22 points.