Mid-Atlantic
From Usgs
| Capital | Harrisburg, PA |
| Largest city | Philadelphia |
| Notable Metropolitan Areas | Philadelphia, PA New York City suburbs in NJ (split with Northeast) Baltimore, MD Washington, DC suburbs (split with Appalachia) Pittsburgh, PA Allentown-Bethlehem PA Harrisburg, PA Scranton, PA York, PA Lancaster, PA Erie, PA Atlantic City, NJ |
| Regions | States |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| Atlantic Seaboard | New Jersey Maryland Delaware |
| Area | Ranked 9th |
| - Total | 69,672 sq mi (?) km² |
| - % water | (?) |
| Population | Ranked 7th |
| - Total | 26,775,490 |
| - Density | 384.31/sq mi (?)/km² ((?)th) |
| Governor | David Gamble (R-PA) |
| U.S. Senators | |
| - Pennsylvania | Kathryn Spencer (D-PA) Samuel Clay (R-PA) |
| - Atlantic Seaboard | Vincent Giorelli (D-NJ) Grace Straka (D-NJ) |
| Abbreviation | MID |
| Web site | Mid-Atlantic Government |
The Superregion of the Mid-Atlantic is the geographically smallest, and densest, in the nation. The corridor between New York City and Washington DC, including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Trenton and Newark, very nearly constitutes continuous urban area. The superregion is divided into two regions: Pennsylvania, and the Atlantic Seaboard, each constituting roughly half the population.
The superregion is named mainly for the census bureau division lying between the South and New England. The official definition, however, includes New York and excludes Maryland and Delaware.
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Adjacent Superregions
- West and South: Appalachia (and Washington, DC)
- North: Northeast
Politics
The Mid-Atlantic is, numerically, quite Democratic, with Democrats holding a 54-46 registration advantage over the Republicans. This advantage, however, is tempered by the split between the regions: In Pennsylvania, Democrats hold only a 51-49 advantage, while the advantage in the Atlantic Seaboard approaches 58-42. Due to this split, Republicans, while they have had success locally in Pennsylvania, and used Pennsylvania to capture the Governorship, are relatively unlikely to win races in the Atlantic Seaboard.
Election 2016
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Office Holders
Yes, the information below is wrong: I copied the template from Dixie and don't have time right now to fix it. Feel free to put the correct data in.
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Legislature | |||||||
| Name | Party | State | Name | Party | State | GOP | DNC | Maj. Leader | Min. Leader | |
| 2009 | Vincent Halfhyde | Republican | South Carolina | Constantine Gurlakis | Republican | Florida | 58 | 43 | Lt. Gov | Michael Anderson1 |
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| 2011 | 57 | 44 | ||||||||
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| Senators | ||||
| Year | Florida | Southeast | ||
| Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 1 | Class 2 | |
| 2008 | Matt Mitchell (R-FL) | Eric Smith (D-FL) | Hiroko Fox (R-TN?)2 | Vacant |
| 2009 | Mike Floyd (R-TN?)3 | |||
| 2010 | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| Alyssa Richards (R-GA) | ||||
| Daniel Morey (R-TN) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
Footnotes
- 1 Michael Anderson was visiting Washington, DC on May 15, 2011; he died in the terrorist attack on the city.
- 2 Hiroko Fox resigned from the Senate in early-to-mid 2011, and was replaced by Daniel Morey
- 3 Mike Floyd resigned from the Senate in early 2011, and was replaced by Alyssa Richards
