Mississippi Valley
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| Capital | Jefferson City |
| Largest city | Minneapolis |
| Regions | States |
| Mid West | Minnesota Iowa Missouri |
| Gulf Coast | Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi |
| Area | |
| - Total | 366,493 sq mi 948,628km² |
| Population | Ranked 6th |
| - Total | 23,715,930 |
| Governor | J.D. Comfort (I) |
| U.S. Senators | |
| - Midwest | Alyssa Cauthon (R-MO) Ron Casey (R-MO) |
| - Gulf Coast | Red Blanchard (D-LA) Evelyn Breaux (D-LA) |
| Abbreviation | MSV |
| Web site |
The Mississippi Valley is a superregion consisting of the regions of the Midwest and the Gulf Coast. It consists of the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi., and stretches from Canada's southern boarder (at western Ontario) in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the South. It shares a boarder with the superregions of the Heartlands, and Dixie on the east, and Big Sky Country, and the Sunbelt in the west. It is named after the Mississippi River.
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Adjacent Superregions
East: Heartlands, Dixie
West: Big Sky Country, Sunbelt
Politics
The Mississippi Valley is known as one of several swing regions in the country. In other words, both Democrats and Republicans have an equal chance of getting elected. However, the superregion, and both regions, lean slightly in favor of Democrats. Both the Midwest and the Gulf Coast, traditionally has one senator from each party representing them. However, that changed in 2016 when the Midwest elected two Republican senators (Andrew Graham, and Ron Casey, and the Gulf Coast elected Democrat Evelyn Breaux to serve alongside fellow Democrat Red Blanchard. On a superregional level, there have been two Democratic governors (Carter Glass (2009-2013), and Johnny Green (2013-2015)) who have served for a total of six years, and one Republican governor (Brian Murphy)who has served for two years, but was reelected to a full four year term in 2016.
Governors
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 | Carter Glass | Democrat | Louisiana | |||||||
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| 2012 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Johnny Green | Democrat | Iowa | |||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Brian Murphy | Republican | Louisiana | |||||||
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| 2017 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Roberta Christmas | Republican | Minnesota | Tim Hatzopoulos | Republican | Missouri | ||||
| 2020 | J.D. Comfort | Independent | ||||||||
| Senators | ||||
| Year | Pennsylvania | Atlantic Seaboard | ||
| Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 2 | Class 3 | |
| 2008 | Kathryn Spencer (D-PA) | David Gamble (R-PA)2 | Vincent Giorelli (D-NJ) | Vacant |
| 2009 | Evangeline Heaton (I-NJ)3 | |||
| 2010 | ||||
| 2011 | Kathryn Spencer (D-PA) | |||
| Samuel Clay (R-PA)A | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| 2013 | Samuel Clay (R-PA) | Vincent Giorelli (D-NJ) | Grace Straka (D-NJ)X | |
| 2014 | ||||
| 2015 | Grace Straka (D-NJ) | |||
| 2016 | ||||
Footnotes
- 1 Robert Cunningham was recalled from office in early 2011.
- 2 Resigned 2011 after being elected Governor.
- 3 National Equality Party; caucused with the Democrats; resigned late 2012.
- A Appointed to the remainder of a predecessor's term
- X Elected to fill a vacancy for the remainder of a predecessor's term.
Senators
| Mississippi Valley Senators | ||||||||||
| Year | Midwest | Year | Gulf Coast | Year | ||||||
| Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 1 | Class 2 | |||||||
| 2008 | - | James Dailey (D-MN) | Joseph Cahill (R-MN) | - | 2008 | - | Preston Caldwell (D-AR) | James MacGillicutty (R-LA) | - | 2008 |
| 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | ||||||||
| Red Blanchard (D-LA) | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||||
| 2011 | - | 2011 | - | Brian Murphy (R-LA) | 2011 | |||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | ||||||||
| 2013 | - | 2013 | Red Blanchard (D-LA) | - | 2013 | |||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | James MacGillicutty (R-LA) | 2015 | |||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | ||||||||
| 2017 | - | Ron Casey (R-MO) | Andrew Graham (R-MN) | 2017 | - | Evelyn Breaux (D-LA) | 2017 | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | ||||||||
| 2019 | - | 2019 | - | 2019 | ||||||
| 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | ||||||||
| Alyson Cauthon (R-MO) | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Jason Richards (D-LA) | 2021 | |||||||
| 2022 | Ellis Dailey (D-MN) | 2022 | 2022 | |||||||
| 2023 | - | 2023 | - | David Tyler (R-LA) | 2023 | |||||
| 2024 | Adam Jackson (D-MN) | 2024 | 2024 | |||||||
| 2025 | Daniel Perogo (D-MN) | - | 2025 | - | 2025 | |||||
| 2026 | 2026 | 2026 | ||||||||
Footnotes
- 1Seat declared vacant in 2010
- 2Declined to run for reelection in 2012
- 3Resigned in January 2015 to take office as governor of the MSV
- 4 Seat declared vacant, special election held in 2016
- 5Appointed for the remained of Murphy's term
