West Coast

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West Coast

Capital	Sacramento, CA
Largest city	Los Angeles
Notable Metropolitan Areas [1]	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, CA San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Portland-Vancouver-Bevearton, OR/WA Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Honolulu, HI Fresno, CA Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Bakersfield, CA Stockton, CA
Regions	States
California	California
Pacific Coast	Washington Oregon Hawaii
Area	Ranked 4th
- Total	344,308 sq mi (?) kmÃ��Ã�²
- % water	(?)
Population	Ranked 1st
- Total	44,398,699
- Density	128.95/sq mi  (?)/kmÃ��Ã�² ((?)th)
Governor	Hys Clematis (D-CA)
U.S. Senators
- California	Erin Bronson (D-CA) Thomas Byerly (D-CA)
- Pacific Coast	Juliet Wentworth (D-WA) James Parker (R-WA)
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 2018 2.7 Election 2020 2.8 Election 2022 2.9 Office Holders 3 Notable Metropolitan Areas

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 David Cromartie (D-CA) elected Governor, to fill the vacancy in the Governor's mansion.

Election 2018

Highlights: Senator [[Hys Clematis] (D-CA) reelected for a full term. Representative Alexander Hughes (R-CA) elected Governor for a full term.

Election 2020

Highlights: Representative Jordan Vanleer (D-WA) defeats Senator Andrew Seong (R-WA). Senator Tom Byerly (D-CA) elected for a full term. Representative James Parker (R-WA) defeats Representative James Johnson (D-OR) to replace Senator Ross Kesler (D-OR)

Election 2022

Highlights: Senator Hys Clematis (D-CA) defeats incumbent Governor Alexander Hughes (R-CA). Senator Andrew Seong (R-WA) loses reelection bid to Representative Juliet Wentworth (D-WA)

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
	David Cromartie1,X	Democrat	California
2017
2018
2019	Alexander Hughes	Republican	California
2020
2021
2022
2023	Hys Clematis	Democrat	California
2024
2025

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.

Notable Metropolitan Areas

The following table is based on the US Census definitions of Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs), Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (���¼SAs) of the United States. As such, the urban areas often combine multiple "cities", including many not specifically listed in the table.

Rank		Name	State(s)	Type (CSA/MSA/���¼SA)	Population (Census 2000)	Notes
In Region	In Nation
1	2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside	CA	CSA	16,373,645
2	6	San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland	CA	CSA	7,092,596
3	13	Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia	WA	CSA	3,707,144
4	17	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos	CA	MSA	2,813,833	Even if San Diego and L.A. merged, would still be a bit smaller than the New York City metro area.
5	23	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City	CA-NV	CSA	(2,069,298)	Most of the population is in California
6	25	Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton	OR-WA	MSA	1,927,881	Both states are WCO, thus entire poplation is as well
7	54	Fresno-Madera	CA	CSA	922,516
8	56	Honolulu	HI	MSA	876,156	Covers essentially the entire island of Oahu
9	70	Bakersfield	CA	MSA	661,645
10	77	Stockton	CA	MSA	563,598
11	97	Modesto	CA	MSA	446,997
12	103	Spokane	WA	MSA	417,939
13	108	Salinas	CA	MSA	401,762
14	110	Santa Barbera-Santa Maria-Goleta	CA	MSA	399,347
15	118	Visalia-Porterville	CA	MSA	368,021
16	123	Salem	OR	MSA	347,214
17	129	Eugene-Springfield	OR	MSA	322,959
18	153	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles	CA	MSA	246,681
19	164	Yakima	WA	MSA	222,581
20	169	Merced	CA	MSA	210,554
21	172	Chico	CA	MSA	203,171
22	181	Kennewick-Richland-Pasco	WA	MSA	191,822
23	187	Medford	OR	MSA	181,269
24	188	Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon	OR	CSA	181,222
25	198	Bellingham	WA	MSA	166,814
26	203	Redding	CA	MSA	163,256	The largest city in the once proposed State of Jefferson
27	229	Hilo	HI	���¼SA	148,677	Essentially, the Island of Hawai'i
28	239	El Centro	CA	MSA	142,361
29	251	Bend-Prineville	OR	MSA	134,549
30	258	Hanford-Corcoran	CA	MSA	129,461
31	261	Kahului-Wailuku	HI	���¼SA	128,094	Maui County, Hawaii
32	265	Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna	CA	���¼SA	126,518
33	307	Roseburg	OR	���¼SA	100,399
34	309	Wenatchee	WA	MSA	99,219
35	319	Longview	WA	MSA	92,948
36	331	Ukiah	CA	���¼SA	86,265
37	348	Pendleton-Hermiston	OR	���¼SA	81,543
38	359	Grants Pass	OR	���¼SA	75,726
39	365	Moses Lake	WA	���¼SA	74,698
40	378	Centralia	WA	���¼SA	68,600
41	384	Aberdeen	WA	���¼SA	67,194
42	392	Port Angeles	WA	���¼SA	64,525
43	395	Klamath Falls	OR	���¼SA	63,775
44	402	Coos Bay	OR	���¼SA	62,779
45	417	Kapaa	HI	���¼SA	58,463	Kaua���»i County, Hawaii