Appalachia
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| Capital | Columbus |
| Largest city | Columbus |
| Notable Metropolitan Areas | Alexandria-Northern Virginia, VA (split with Mid-Atlantic and Washington D.C.) Cleveland, OH Cincinatti, OH-KY Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Hampton Roads, VA Indianapolis, IN Columbus, OH Louisville, KY-IN Richmond, VA Charlotte, NC (split with Dixie) Dayton, OH Akron, OH Raleigh, NC Toledo, OH (split with Heartlands) |
| Regions | States |
| Shenandoah Valley | Virginia North Carolina West Virginia |
| Ohio Valley | Ohio Indiana Kentucky |
| Area | Ranked ?th |
| - Total | 242,475 sq mi 628,005 km² |
| - % water | 5.59 |
| Population | Ranked ?th |
| - Total | 40,315,459 (2000 Census) |
| - Density | 166.27/sq mi 64.20/km² (?th) |
| Governor | Daniel Mallory (R-OK) |
| U.S. Senators | |
| - Shenandoah Valley | Keith Carter (D-VA) Chris Harrison (D-VA) |
| - Ohio Valley | Terry Hughes (R-OH) Tim Kent (R-OH) |
| Abbreviation | APP |
| Web site | Appalachia Government |
The Superreion of Appalachia comprises of the Ohio Valley and Shenandoah Valley regions, consisting of six States. Along with Big Sky Country and Mississippi Valley, it is one of the only superregions which lacks a single-state region within it.
It was named, presumably, after the Appalachian Mountains, which approximately form the boundary between the two constituent regions.
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Adjacent Superregions
- North: Canada (across Lake Erie)
- East and Northeast: Mid-Atlantic (and Washington D.C.)
- West and Northwest: Heartlands, and a very small boundary with Mississippi Valley
- South: Dixie
Politics
Appalachia is an overall Republican-leaning superregion, with Republicans holding an overall 3.5 point advantage in party registration over the Democrats. Nearly all of the Republican margin of comfort comes in the Ohio Valley, where Republicans hold a 6.1 point advantage; in the Shenandoah Valley, the GOP holds a miniscule 0.2 point advantage, making the Shenandoah Valley one of the most evenly divided regions in the nation. As a result, the Ohio Valley tends to be strongly Republican, the Shenandoah Valley has been a heavily contended battleground, and Appalachia as a whole leans Republican.
Election 2008
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Office Holders
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Legislature | |||||||
| Name | Party | State | Name | Party | State | GOP | DNC | Maj. Leader | Min. Leader | |
| 2009 | Peter Vandenberg | Republican | Ohio | Caroline Andrews1 | Republican | Indiana | 51 | 50 | Lt. Gov | Whitney Mason |
| 2010 | Marcus Milam2 | Republican | North Carolina | |||||||
| Vacant | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 48 | 53 | Whitney Mason | Vacant | ||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||
| Senators | ||||
| Year | Ohio Valley | Shenandoah Valley | ||
| Class 1 | Class 3 | Class 1 | Class 2 | |
| 2008 | Terry Hughes (R-OH) | Vacant | James Olsen (R-VA) | Jared Daniels (D-NC) |
| 2009 | Tim Kent (R-OH) | |||
| Richard Schneiter3 (R-NC) | ||||
| 2010 | Keith Carter4 (D-VA) | |||
| 2011 | Chris Harrison (D-VA) | |||
| 2012 | ||||
Footnotes
- 1 Caroline Andrews was eaten by a leopard while visiting Yemen in 2009.
- 2 Marcus Milam vanished under mysterious circumstances sometime in 2010.
- 3 Richard Schneiter was appointed by Governor Vandenberg after James Olsen resigned in 2009.
- 4 Jared Daniels became a game administrator; Keith Carter was appointed by the Democratic Party to fill the remainder of Daniels' seat.
