Appalachia

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==Politics==
==Politics==
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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.
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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.
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===Election 2008===
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[[Appalachia Elections|History of Elections in Appalachia since 2008]]
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{{Elect|Vandenberg1}}
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'''Appalachia Governor'''
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! Candidate
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| [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
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| [[Christopher Harrison|Chris Harrison]]
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| 5,407,996
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| 48.89%
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| '''[[Peter Vandenberg]]'''
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| 5,653,581
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| 51.1%
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|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
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! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
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! align="left"|11,061,577
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{{Elect|Kent1}}
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'''Ohio Valley Senate, Class 3'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
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| [[Michael Rubenstein]]
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| 1,149,749
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| 22.22%
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| '''[[Tim Kent]]'''
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| 4,024,563
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| 77.78%
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|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
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! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
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! align="left"|5,174,312
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===Election 2010===
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{{Elect|Schneiter1}}
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'''Shenandoah Valley, Class One'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
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| [[Christopher Harrison|Chris Harrison]]
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| 3,207,718
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| 49.6%
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| '''[[Richard Schneiter]]'''
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| 3,200,493
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| 49.5%
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|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
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! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
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! align="left"|6,408,211
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{{Elect|Hughes1}}
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'''Ohio Valley, Class One'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
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| [[Jax Jaxal]]
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| 3,466,852
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| 40.6%
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| '''[[Terry Hughes]]'''
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| 5,002,081
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| 58.5%
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! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
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! align="left"|8,468,933
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===Election 2012===
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{{Elect|Mason1}}
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'''Appalachia Governor'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| '''[[Whitney Mason]]'''
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| 7,914,071
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| 54.8%
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| [[Peter Vandenberg]]
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| 6,453,825
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| 44.7%
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|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
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! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
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! align="left"|14,367,896
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{{Elect|Passerday1}}
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'''Shanendoah Valley, Class One'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| [[Daniel Smith]]
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| 3,077,909
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| 43.9%
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| '''[[Avery Passerday]]'''
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| 3,906,440
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| 55.7%
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{{Elect|Daniels1}}
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'''Shanendoah Valley, Class Two'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| '''[[Calum Daniels]]'''
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| [[William Tavington]]
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! Default Win
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===Election 2014===
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{{Elect|Kent2}}
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'''Ohio Valley Senate, Class 3'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| [[Dominic Melville]]
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| 4,220,108
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| 45.5%
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| '''[[Tim Kent]]'''
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| 5,028,283
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| 54.2%
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! align="right" colspan="3"|Total
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! align="left"|9,248,391
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{{Elect|Pizzuto1}}
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'''Appalachia Lt. Governor'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| '''[[Daniel Pizzuto]]'''
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| [[Blake Emerson]]
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===Election 2016===
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{{Elect|Kent3}}
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'''Appalachia Governor'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| [[Daniel Pizzuto]]
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| 7,321,393
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| 46.8%
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| '''[[Tim Kent]]'''
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| '''8,278,414'''
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| '''52.9%'''
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{{Elect|Passerday2}}
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'''Shanendoah Valley, Class 1'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| [[Matthias Kimmer]]
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| 3,361,428
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| 49.6%
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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| '''[[Avery Passerday]]'''
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| '''3,397,543'''
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| '''50.1%'''
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{{Elect|Bradshaw1}}
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'''Appalachia Lt. Governor'''
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| [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| [[Jeff Blank]]
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| [[Republican Party|Republican]]
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===Office Holders===
===Office Holders===

Revision as of 19:57, 17 December 2007

Appalachia
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 Tim Kent (R-OH)
Lt. Governor Christopher Bradshaw (R-NC)
Majority Leader Kaleigh Abercrombie (D-VA)
Minority Leader Lt. Governor
U.S. Senators
 - Shenandoah Valley Avery Passerday (R-NC)
Calum Daniels (D-VA)
 - Ohio Valley Troy Carter (R-OH)
Peter Vandenberg (R-OH)
Abbreviation APP
Web site Appalachia Government

The Superregion 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.

Adjacent Superregions

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.

History of Elections in Appalachia since 2008

Office Holders

Year Governor Lt. Governor Legislature
Name Party State Name Party State GOP DNC IND Maj. Leader Min. Leader
2009 Peter Vandenberg Republican Ohio Caroline Andrews1 Republican Indiana 51 50 0 Lt. Gov Whitney Mason
2010 Marcus Milam2 Republican North Carolina
Vacant
2011 48 53 0 Whitney Mason Vacant
2012
2013 Whitney Mason Democrat North Carolina Gabrielle Garcia Democrat Ohio 51 50 0 Blake Emerson Lt. Gov.
2014 Vacant Vacant
2015 Daniel Pizzuto Democrat North Carolina 49 50 2 Lt. Governor Clay Hamilton7
2016 Dick Solomon
2017 Tim Kent Republican Ohio Christopher Bradshaw Republican Ohio 48 51 2 Kaleigh Abercrombie Lt. Gov.
2018


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 Harrison6
(D-VA) 		Richard Schneiter5
(R-NC)
2012 Avery Passerday
(R-NC)
2013 Calum Daniels
(D-VA)
2014
2015
2016 Jax Jaxal
(D-OH)
2017 Peter Vandenberg
(R-OH) 		Troy Carter8
(R-OH)
2018

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.
  • 5 Richard Schneiter was appointed by Governor Vandenberg after Keith Carter vanished under mysterious circumstances in late 2011. Schneiter resigned in late 2012 before the election.
  • 6 Chris Harrison was killed after stepping on a landmine in the DMZ in July 2012. Avery Passerday was appointed by Governor Vandenberg to the vacancy.
  • 7 The office of APP Minority Leader was vacant for several months in 2015 before being filled by Clay Hamilton (R-NC). Hamilton would later resign, after rumors of a possible indictment, and was replaced by Dr. Dick Solomon (R-OH).
  • 8 Troy Carter was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Governor Kent.
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