West Coast

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West Coast

Capital	Sacramento, CA
Largest city	Los Angeles
Notable Metropolitan Areas	Los Angeles San Francisco Bay Seattle San Diego, CA Sacramento, CA Portland, OR Fresno, CA Honolulu, HI Bakersfield, CA Stockton, CA Modesto, CA Spokane, WA Visalia, CA Salinas, CA Santa Barbera, CA Salem, OR Eugene, OR San Luis Obisbo, CA Merced, CA Yakima, WA Kennewick, WA Chico, CA Medford, OR
Regions	States
California	California
Pacific Coast	Washington Oregon Hawaii
Area	Ranked 4th
- Total	344,308 sq mi (?) km²
- % water	(?)
Population	Ranked 1st
- Total	44,398,699
- Density	128.95/sq mi  (?)/km² ((?)th)
Governor	Daniel Cromartie (D-CA)
U.S. Senators
- California	Elizabeth Rosenbaum (D-CA) Thomas Byerly (D-CA)
- Pacific Coast	William Clarke (D-WA) Ross Kesler (D-OR)
Abbreviation	WCO
Web site	West Coast Government

The Superregion of the West Coast the most populous in the nation, due mainly to the fact that it includes the state of California. Six of the 30 most populous urban centers in the nation lie entirely within the West Coast; by far, the most of any superregion. (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Sacramento, San Diego, and Portland). Despite this high level of urbanization, however, the West Coast is also a major rural powerhouse, representing a significant fraction of America's agricultural output.

The West Coast is named in a purely geographic sense; of the five states which border on the Pacific Ocean, four of them make up this superregion. The fifth, Alaska, is located in Big Sky Country instead.

Contents 1 Adjacent Superregions 2 Politics 2.1 Election 2008 2.2 Election 2010 2.3 Election 2012 2.4 Election 2014 2.5 Special Election 2016 2.6 Election 2016 2.7 Office Holders

Adjacent Superregions

• West: Big Sky Country and Sunbelt
• North: Canada
• South: Mexico

Politics

The West Coast is a Democratic Stronghold, with Democrats holding an overall 54-46 registration advantage. The advantage is about equal in both regions of the West Coast, but the Pacific Coast region has greater variance, with Hawaii giving Democrats a nearly 2-1 advantage (63-37), Washington a more modest 54-46 advantage, and Oregon actually leaning slightly Republican with the GOP holding a slim 52-48 advantage.

Because of the blue tilt of the superregion and its constituent regions, it is relatively rare for Republicans to enjoy success here. However, both California and the Pacific Coast do contain enough independents to swing red, given the right candidate and right conditions.

Election 2008

Highlights: Jeremy Koo (D-CA) elected Governor. Sam Russell (D-CA) and Jeffrey Landon (D-WA) elected to the Senate

Election 2010

Highlights: Governor Jeremy Koo re-elected. Senator Lilliam Vanleer (D-WA) re-elected. Senator Elizabeth Rosenbaum (D-CA) re-elected to fill the remaining two years in her predecessor's term.

Election 2012

Highlights: Senator Rosenbaum re-elected to a full term.

Election 2014

Highlights: Senator Lilliam Vanleer (D-WA) elected Governor, after Governor Koo declined to run for re-election.

Special Election 2016

Highlights: Representative Daniel Cromartie (D-CA) elected Governor, to fill the vacancy in the Governor's mansion.

Election 2016

(Coming soon to a wikitable near you!)

Office Holders

Note: The Governor information is not complete: Missing Legislative Leaders, Legislative Breakdowns, and Lieutenant Governor names.

Year	Governor			Lt. Governor			Legislature
	Name	Party	State	Name	Party	State	GOP	DNC	Maj. Leader	Min. Leader
2009	Jeremy Koo	Democrat	California
2010
2011	Jeremy Koo	Democrat	California
2012
2013
2014
2015	Lilliam Vanleer	Democrat	Washington
2016
	Daniel Cromartie1,X	Democrat	California

Senators
Year	California		Pacific Coast
	Class 2	Class 3	Class 1	Class 3
2008	Chantoya Walker (D-CA)3	Vacant	Lilliam Vanleer (D-WA)	Vacant
2009		Sam Russell (D-CA)3		Jeffrey Landon (D-WA)3
2010	Elizabeth Rosenbaum (D-CA)A
2011	Elizabeth Rosenbaum (D-CA)X		Lilliam Vanleer (D-WA)
2012
2013	Elizabeth Rosenbaum (D-CA)
				Ross Kesler (D-OR)A
		Thomas Byerly (D-CA)A
2014
2015		Thomas Byerly (D-CA)	Vacant	Ross Kesler (D-OR)
			William Clarke (D-WA)2,A
2016

Footnotes

• ¹ Elected in special election to fill remainder of Governor Vanleer's term
• ² Appointed after Senator Vanleer was elected Governor.
• ³ Resigned from office.
• ^A Appointed to the remainder of a predecessor's term
• ^X Elected to fill a vacancy for the remainder of a predecessor's term.