Heartland

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Heartland

Capital	Springfield, Illinois
Largest city	Chicago
Notable Metropolitan Areas	Chicago, IL (split with Appalachia) Detroit, MI Milwaukee, WI Greater St. Louis, IL-MO (split with Mississippi Valley) Grand Rapids, MI Madison, WI Lansing, MI Quad Cities, IL-IA (split with Mississippi Valley Peoria, IL Rockford, IL Kalamazoo, MI Greater South Bend (split with Appalachia) Green Bay, WI
Regions	States
Illinois	Illinois
Great Lakes	Michigan Wisconsin
Area	Ranked 7th
- Total	211,202 sq mi (?) kmÃ�²
- % water	(?)
Population	Ranked 6th
- Total	27,721,412
- Density	131.26/sq mi  (?)/kmÃ�² ((?)th)
Governor	Elizabeth Wellbourne (D-MI)
U.S. Senators
- Illinois	Gregory Wolff (D-IL) Theodore Williams (D-IL)
- Great Lakes	Andrew Brockmeier (D-MI) Jason Gillikin (R-MI)
Abbreviation	HRT
Web site	Heartland Government

The Superregion of Heartland comprises of single-state region of Illinois and the two-state region of the Great Lakes. Illinois is the largest state, but the Great Lakes have a larger combined population. It is the smallest super-region in terms of number of states (3).

Geographically, the region is essentially composed of the states surrounding Lake Michigan, except for Indiana (which belongs to Appalachia). The Great Lakes region touches Lakes Michigan, Superior, Huron, and Erie (missing only Lake Ontario), making it an aptly named region. However, the term Heartland to describe the superregion is under-inclusive, as states in Appalachia, Mississippi Valley and even Big Sky Country would also fit this description.

Contents 1 Adjacent Superregions 2 Politics 2.1 Election 2016 2.2 Office Holders

Adjacent Superregions

• East and South: Appalachia
• West: Mississippi Valley
• North: Canada

Politics

The Heartlands is lean-Democrat overall, with Democrats holding only a 52-48 overall advantage. The Great Lakes leans even more weakly towards the Democrats (51-49), while Illinois is a bit more comfortable (53-47) for Democrats. Politically, Republicans have been able in the past to overcome the bluish tint, and win the Governorship of the Heartlands, as well as winning Senate races in the Great Lakes; to date, however, they have not won any Senate races in Illinois.

Election 2016

(Coming soon to a wikitable near you!)

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
2010
2011							57	44
2012
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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