Big Sky Country
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| bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="3" | '''Governor''' | | bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="3" | '''Governor''' | ||
| bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="3" | '''Lt. Governor''' | | bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="3" | '''Lt. Governor''' | ||
| - | | bgcolor=#cccccc colspan=" | + | | bgcolor=#cccccc colspan="5" | '''Legislature''' |
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| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Name''' | | bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Name''' | ||
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| 2009 | | 2009 | ||
| - | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | [[Daniel Mallory]] | + | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | [[Daniel Mallory]]<sup>5</sup> |
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | [[Republican Party|Republican]] | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | [[Republican Party|Republican]] | ||
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | Oklahoma | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | Oklahoma | ||
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| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | '''63''' | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | '''63''' | ||
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | 38 | | bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | 38 | ||
| - | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | | + | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | Waylon Grabowski |
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | Edwin Borodin | | bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | Edwin Borodin | ||
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| rowspan="2" colspan="3" | ''Vacant'' | | rowspan="2" colspan="3" | ''Vacant'' | ||
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | '''67''' | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | '''67''' | ||
| - | | bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan=" | + | | bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | 34 |
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="4" | Michael Worthams | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="4" | Michael Worthams | ||
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | David Cummings | | bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | David Cummings | ||
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| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | Utah | | bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | Utah | ||
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | '''61''' | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="2" | '''61''' | ||
| + | | bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | 34 | ||
| rowspan="2" | 6 | | rowspan="2" | 6 | ||
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | Libby Tonks | | bgcolor=#DDEEFF rowspan="2" | Libby Tonks | ||
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| 2008 | | 2008 | ||
| - | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan=" | + | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="11" | [[Valeria Smith]]<br>(R-OK) |
| ''Vacant'' | | ''Vacant'' | ||
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="6" | [[William Pope]]<sup>4</sup><br>(R-ID) | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="6" | [[William Pope]]<sup>4</sup><br>(R-ID) | ||
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| 2009 | | 2009 | ||
| - | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan=" | + | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="10" | [[Joshua Long]]<br>(R-KS) |
| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | [[Lucien Cobb]]<sup>2</sup><br>(R-UT) | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | [[Lucien Cobb]]<sup>2</sup><br>(R-UT) | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 2011 | | rowspan="2" | 2011 | ||
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| - | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan=" | + | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="7" | [[Rufus Cato]]<br>(R-MT) |
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| rowspan="2" | 2012 | | rowspan="2" | 2012 | ||
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| bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | [[Keiko Kagura]]<br>(R-MT) | | bgcolor=#FFE8E8 rowspan="5" | [[Keiko Kagura]]<br>(R-MT) | ||
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| + | | 2013 | ||
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| + | | 2014 | ||
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| + | | 2015 | ||
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| + | | 2016 | ||
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*<sup>3</sup> Adrian McConnell resigned in mid 2011. | *<sup>3</sup> Adrian McConnell resigned in mid 2011. | ||
*<sup>4</sup> William Pope resigned in mid 2012. | *<sup>4</sup> William Pope resigned in mid 2012. | ||
| + | *<sup>5</sup> Daniel Mallory resigned in 2012, immediately following the election. Duke Williams was elevated to Governor. | ||
==Major Cities== | ==Major Cities== | ||
Current revision as of 04:10, 24 September 2007
| Capital | Oklahoma City |
| Largest city | Oklahoma City |
| Regions | States |
| Great Plains | Kansas Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota |
| Rocky Mountains | Alaska Idaho Montana Utah Wyoming |
| Area | Ranked 1st |
| - Total | 1,454,351 sq mi 3,766,877 km² |
| - % water | 7.01 |
| Population | Ranked 8th |
| - Total | 14,797,410 |
| - Density | 10.17/sq mi 3.92/km² (8th) |
| Governor | Daniel Mallory (R-OK) |
| U.S. Senators | |
| - Great Plains | Valeria Smith (R-OK) Joshua Long (R-KS) |
| - Rocky Mountains | Rufus Cato (R-MT) Keiko Kagura (R-MT) |
| Abbreviation | BSC |
| Web site | Big Sky Country Government |
The Superreion of the Big Sky Country comprises of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions, consisting of ten States and nearly half the landmass of the United States. Although it is the largest superregion in the nation in geographic size, only about 5.2% of the nation's population lives within it. Nine of its states are within the contigious United States, and Alaska is detatched, making it the only Superregion aside from the West Coast not to be entirely connected by land.
It was named, presumably, after Montana's nickname - "Big Sky Country" - in order to emphasize the region's clean air, open space, and distant horizons.
Contents |
[edit] Adjacent Superregions
- East: Mississippi Valley
- South: Sunbelt
- West: West Coast
- North: Canada (to the east of Alaska)
[edit] Politics
The Big Sky Country has the dubious distinction of being the most heavily slanted Superregion in the country. Registered Republicans in the Big Sky outnumber Democrats 2:1. Big Sky as a whole, and both regions within it, have only two Democrats to higher office - both of them Lt. Governors. The legislature has flirted with a Republican super-majority since 2008.
[edit] Election 2008
(Coming soon to a wikitable near you!)
[edit] Office Holders
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Legislature | ||||||||
| Name | Party | State | Name | Party | State | GOP | DNC | CU | Maj. Leader | Min. Leader | |
| 2009 | Daniel Mallory5 | Republican | Oklahoma | Roger Hoyle1 | Democrat | Alaska | 64 | 37 | N | Andrew Stark | Lt. Gov |
| 2010 | |||||||||||
| Vacant | John Sanders | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Duke Williams | Republican | Kansas | 63 | 38 | Waylon Grabowski | Edwin Borodin | ||||
| 2012 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Duke Williams | Republican | Kansas | Vacant | 67 | 34 | Michael Worthams | David Cummings | |||
| 2014 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Daniel Mallory | Republican | Oklahoma | David Cummings | Democrat | Utah | 61 | 34 | 6 | Libby Tonks | |
| 2016 | |||||||||||
| Senators | ||||
| Year | Great Plains | Rocky Mountains | ||
| Class 1 | Class 3 | Class 2 | Class 3 | |
| 2008 | Valeria Smith (R-OK) | Vacant | William Pope4 (R-ID) | Vacant |
| 2009 | Joshua Long (R-KS) | Lucien Cobb2 (R-UT) | ||
| 2010 | Adrian McConnell3 (R-ID) | |||
| 2011 | ||||
| Rufus Cato (R-MT) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| Keiko Kagura (R-MT) | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| 2014 | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
Footnotes
- 1 Roger Hoyle died in November, 2009, but his body was not discovered untill April, 2010. During that time, he remained Lt. Gov.
- 2 Lucien Cobb resigned in late 2009.
- 3 Adrian McConnell resigned in mid 2011.
- 4 William Pope resigned in mid 2012.
- 5 Daniel Mallory resigned in 2012, immediately following the election. Duke Williams was elevated to Governor.
[edit] Major Cities
| Rank | City | Population |
| 1 | Oklahoma City, OK | 531,324 |
| 2 | Omaha, NE | 414,521 |
| 3 | Tulsa, OK | 382,457 |
| 4 | Wichita, KS | 354,865 |
| 5 | Anchorage, AK | 275,043 |
| 6 | Lincoln, NE | 239,213 |
| 7 | Boise, ID | 193,161 |
| 8 | Salt Lake City, UT | 178,097 |
| 9 | Overland Park, KS | 164,811 |
| 10 | Kansas City, KS | 144,210 |
| 11 | Souix Falls, SD | 139,517 |
| 12 | Topeka, KS | 121,946 |
| 13 | West Valley City, UT | 118,917 |
| 14 | Provo, UT | 115,135 |
| 15 | Olathe, KS | 111,334 |
