Former GOP presidential candidate and governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee surprised practically all of the country a few months back when he ably and deftly spoofed himself on an episode of Saturday Night Live, proving that he was not only a good sport about his candidacy and didn’t take himself too seriously, but that there were some discernible comedic chops there. Last night at the DC Improv, Huckabee proved his SNL appearance was no fluke, winning this year’s DC’s Funniest Celebrity competition, now in its 15th year and benefiting VSA arts, a non-profit dedicated to providing people with disabilities greater access to the arts.

Of course, “DC’s,” “Funniest” and “Celebrity” seem to be relative terms where this competition is concerned. Past winners and contestants, rather than being funny themselves, could have been more accurately described as having the funniest staffers/writers around, and who “live” in D.C. when they’re not busy serving a constituency elsewhere. In fact, last year’s winner, Joe Randazzo, the editor of Washington’s edition of The Onion, actually lives in New York. To their credit, the judges — Griff Jenkins of FOX News, Michael Clements of Washington Life, Bob Madigan of WTOP, TIME’s Karen Tumulty, Patrick Gavin of the Washington Examiner and FishbowlDC; and Margaret Carlson of Bloomberg — seemed to have done a good job of keeping the contestants honest, rewarding those who appeared to have written their own material. Or at least tried.