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1 January 2010, Day 773 of the New World. Most months see some type of disruption to the Congressional elections on a national scale. These include political takeovers abroad and military engagements. This month, a considerable influencing factor was that election day was also the day in which a large number of people celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. There were also engagements in Asia during the nomination period and even on election day. No significant anti-political takeover effort using American citizens occurred this month.

Last month, a Congressional seat existed for all 51 original regions of the United States. This month, 50 of 51 core regions were represented; Delaware is part of Canada. Additionally, the United States was in control of ten regions originally belonging to China and one belonging to North Korea at some time during the campaign season. Seven regions originally belonging to China were part of the United States long enough to be represented in the 25th Congress, bringing the total number of seats to fifty-seven.

Tibet was lost in a resistance war and later reclaimed in a land-swap. This resulted in the region not having representation in this Congress; Evry (CvP) was expected to win. Jilin was conquered by Hungary following a failed attack to land-swap and conquer North Korea quicker; Blazix (Dem) was expected to win in that region. Liaoning was retreated to China to prevent it from falling into Hungarian hands on 24 December; that region was going to be a contest between SweetBags (USWP) and Will Walton (Lib). Pyongan was expected to be won within hours of the deadline to declare Congressional candidacy, but due to a glitch involving a war declaration never finalizing, it was conquered by the United States after the deadline.

The general assembly sees Congressmen coming from nine different parties and one independent. The Democratic Party, Sons of Patton Party, and Nationalist Party are not represented this month. The Green Party returned to Congress, and the Bull Moose Party earned their first seat. America’s Advancement Party won twenty-one seats, United States Workers Party ten, the Libertarian Party nine, and the Federalist Party seven. The United Independents Party won three seats, and the Conservative Party (later renamed Democratic Republicans) and Socialist Freedom Party brought in two each. One seat was won by the Green Party, the Bull Moose Party, and an independent.


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Only three incumbents who sought reelection did not win their races. A fair number of incumbents decided not to run for reelection, so there are still plenty of new faces in the halls of Congress this term. Chinese regions, having no incumbents in the United States Congress, see many newcomers representing them. Six returning incumbents are serving in different regions than they did last term.


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Nineteen of the fifty-seven representatives are serving their first term. Five of the seven representatives from Chinese regions are in their first term.


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The oldest Congressmen this term are Robert Loggia (Jiangxi – UIP), born Day 258, Panther (AAP – T😵, born Day 268, Killing Time (USWP – AR), born Day 304, AidenAstruip (USWP – MA), born Day 329, and Cromstar (CvP/DR – PA), born Day 370. The youngest Congressmen this term are Steven Jacobson (AAP – ME), born Day 719, Ikhsan Hadiputro (AAP – ND), born Day 717, Aersidius (AAP – KS), born Day 704, Lord Pariah (AAP – MS), born Day 702, and Cawagula (AAP – NE), born Day 694.


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Vote Inflation

Since the reclamation of the United States from its one-region nationhood in Florida, contested races in regions that have come to be known as the “Wasteland” have seen larger and larger vote totals. The election in September happened while California was being built up as the second American fortress, so the second-highest vote counts were there and have continued to be ever since. These were the highest-voted candidates in the Wasteland in September (winners in bold):

1. Fionia – USWP – NY – 23
2. mjdiv – Lib – NY – 21
3. James Strife – USWP – IL – 19
4. Sam Kraus – USWP – NE – 16
5. Evan Feinman – AAP – VA – 15
5. Serendipitous – AAP – AL – 15
6. wapu – AAP – RI – 14
7. Tiacha – USWP (Fed) – TX – 13
7. Killing Time – USWP – AR – 13
7. seeker1 – AAP – ME – 13
7. Rheinlander von Phalz – AAP – AZ – 13
7. Ron Richardson – AAP – KY – 13
7. Artec – AAP – SC – 13
7. Epac – UIP (Fed) - WY – 13
7. Yang Wenli – USWP – VA – 13
7. psyber2kayos – AAP – IL – 13

This is the same list for October:

1. Rheinlander von Phalz – AAP – AZ – 27
2. Jude Connors – AAP (Ind) – NM – 25
3. Panther – USWP – TX – 24
4. Desertfalcon – CvP – TX – 22
5. SGGHays – CvP – NM – 21
6. Cynic Grim – AAP – MN – 20
7. Fionia – USWP – NY – 19
8. Tiacha – Lib (Fed) – IL – 17
8. ligtreb – USWP – DC – 17
8. GoBucks – USWP – OH – 17
8. Emmanuel Cruise – AAP – UT – 17
8. mjdiv – Lib – NY – 17
8. Emperor Rick – CvP – AZ – 17

This is the same list for November:

1. Panther – USWP – TX – 35
2. Max McFarland 2 – USWP – OH – 34
3. Cloyd Wallis – AAP (USCP) – TX – 30
4. Herrn Sterling – AAP – VT – 29
5. Fionia – USWP – NY – 28
6. rainy sunday – USWP (SFP) – CT – 26
6. Abayarde – USWP – WA – 26
6. Ikhsan Hadiputro – AAP – CT – 26
7. SGGHays – CvP – NE – 23
7. Illithian – Fed (UIP) – OR – 23
8. psyber2kayos – AAP – WA – 22
8. Brett Miller – AAP (Ind) – NY – 22

Here are the results of this month:

1. Angelini – CvP – GA – 39
2. Stormin – USWP (BMP) – WA – 38
3. Aersidius – AAP – KS – 31
4. Cawagula – AAP – NE – 28
5. James Roosevelt – USWP – MN – 23
5. Reng – AAP – GA – 23
6. livingabroad – AAP (UIP) – KY – 22
7. CivilAnarchy – Fed (SFP) – NJ – 20
7. Zartemax – Lib – WA – 20
8. Ikhsan Hadiputro – AAP – ND – 18
8. SGGHays – CvP – NE – 18

The highest vote counts overall are concentrated in the most recent elections. This may be indicative of incumbent formation leading to uncontested races, which see very low vote counts and free up mobile voters for contested elections.

1. Angelini – CvP – GA – December – 39
2. Stormin – USWP (BMP) – WA – December – 38
3. Panther – USWP – TX – November – 35
4. Aersidius – AAP – KS – December – 31
5. Cloyd Wallis – AAP (USCP) – November – 30
6. Herrn Sterling – AAP – VT – November – 29
7. Cawagula – AAP – NE – December – 28
7. Fionia – USWP – NY – November – 28
8. Rheinlander von Phalz – AAP – AZ – October – 27

State-by-State Analysis

Alabama – After two months of difficult races and one month barely overcoming a blocker, Speaker of the House Serendipitous finally got an uncontested election.

Serendipitous – AAP – 0

Alaska – Last month Alaska had a candidate on every ticket. This month Alaska was a simple one-on-one between AAP incumbent Johnson and USWP freshman challenger Gabriel.

Maxx Johnson – AAP – 7
John Gabriel – USWP – 3

Arizona – Emmanuel Cruise, the incumbent from Utah who won on the Libertarian ticket last month, took Arizona unopposed.

Emmanuel Cruise – AAP – 2

Arkansas – Killing Time took his eleventh term, the most terms of anyone in the 25th Congress. Kyle Galli remains winless after his fourth attempt to get into Congress.

Killing Time – USWP – 17
Kyle Galli – APP – 11
Douglas Highwatch – Fed (Ind) – 3

California – This was one of three regions in which a blocker defeated a sanctioned candidate. Woxan was run as a blocker, not a real candidate for Congress, but decided to serve anyway. Reactions towards this race have ranged from declaring it a scandal to laughter. Viktoria Svensen was a serious contender with a platform while Woxan linked “Meet the Spy.” People looking for a catchy name for Woxan’s victory as a blocker have flocked to “Blockergate,” but I prefer “How the Spy Stole Christmas.”

Woxan – AAP – 427
Kyle321n – Fed – 300
Viktoria Svensen – USWP – 189
Alister – Lib – 100
dmjohnston – CvP – 80

Chongquig – GoBucks is one of the longest-serving Congressmen in United States history. He was originally slated to run in Pyongan, but that region was conquered too late for anyone to declare candidacy. His bid for Chongquig was not supported by USWP, and therefore he was deemed independent. Iasov, a Lib leader, secured his first term in Congress.

Iasov – Lib – 5
GoBucks – USWP (Ind) – 2
acjcrr – AAP (Ind) –1

Colorado – AAP incumbent Daniel Dodge returned to Colorado and overcame a blocker, his first time with no sanctioned opponent.

Daniel Dodge – AAP – 3
Alejandro Andres Segovia – USWP (AAP) – 0

Connecticut – After an extremely close race last month decided by experience points, Connecticut was incredibly quiet this month. SFP incumbent rainy sunday earned her second term unopposed.

rainy sunday – USWP (SFP) – 0

District of Columbia – For the first time in his career, which now encompasses five Congressional terms, Dodgercatcher won back-to-back terms. He moved from representing Kentucky to District of Columbia (DC for DC) while ligtreb, last month’s District of Columbia representative, moved to New York.

Dodgercatcher – USWP – 2
CrayolaButthole – AAP (Ind) – 0

Florida – USWP incumbent Zcia won his ninth term relatively unchallenged.

Zcia – USWP – 540
Ballman – AAP – 318
Solaman – Lib – 206
Nick Angello – CvP – 199
DjBach – Fed – 157

Georgia – Georgia has a long history of Congressmen who retired during their term (Adam Griffin and Blanemcc). The Sons of Patton Party did not come to hold onto Georgia, turning it into a contest between CvP and AAP.

Angelini – CvP – 39
Reng – AAP – 23
Mithridates VI – Lib (AAP) – 0

Hawai’i – timothybeasley, the retired Green Party President, defeated two blockers – one provided by his old party and one provided by his new party.

timothybeasley – AAP/Green – 7
Paper Boat – Lib (Green) – 2
spawn9859 – USWP (AAP) – 1

Hunan – The Green Party returned to Congress win an unopposed victory in Hunan.

sonofup1 – AAP (Green) – 2

Idaho – Fed incumbent St Krems won term number four in a relatively quiet contest.

St Krems – Fed – 5
Spiro Agnew – USWP (Ind) – 1
Omar Dandan – AAP (Ind) – 0

Illinois – Fed incumbent from New Mexico Joe Lansing moved over to Illinois, another Fed region, and picked up his second term. This month, Illinois’s vote total was a record low: four votes.

Joe Lansing – Fed – 3
Kara Beth – AAP (Fed) –0
Woxor – USWP (Fed) – 0
Trick246 – CvP (Fed) – 1
Darian Dracona – Lib (Fed) – 0

Indiana – AAP incumbent BTuck20 stepped into his second term by overcoming a blocker.

BTuck20 – AAP – 2
MysticClown – Fed (AAP) – 0

Iowa – AAP incumbent system0101 retired to join the Army and see the world, leaving the region a freshman contest between Richardson and Tentones.

Jonathon Richardson – AAP – 10
Cerce Tentones – USWP – 1
Mattoze5 – CvP – 0

Jiangsu – The independent tag often means “unsanctioned two-clicker,” and the parties do a reasonably good job making sure those people do not get elected. CenCom is an exception, being a politically-unaffiliated candidate sanctioned by the Federalist Party.

CenCom – Fed (Ind) – 6
TroyTrojansCoach – AAP (Ind) – 1

Jiangxi – UIP incumbent from Delaware Robert Loggia could not run in Delaware again, as the region now belongs to Canada (and both its seats were won by the Canadian Progressive Front). For some reason, this region was very attractive to the two-clicking crowd, filling up every ticket but the one with a sanctioned candidate.

Robert Loggia – Lib (UIP) – 9
introversivo – USWP (Ind) – 4
chatman – CvP (Ind) – 2
NolanJB – Fed (Ind) – 1
mayerm – AAP (Ind) – 0

Kansas – Aersidius earned his first term by defeating the only Green candidate in a contested race this month.

Aersidius – AAP – 31
Nb97 – USWP (Green) – 17
Joey Jackson – CvP – 2
Regole – Fed (AAP) – 0

Kentucky – USWP incumbent Dodgercatcher moved on to District of Columbia, leaving Kentucky a freshman contest between livingabroad and O’Houlihan.

livingabroad – AAP (UIP) – 22
Patches O’Houlihan – USWP – 8

Louisiana – AAP incumbent Buublar reclaimed his seat in a relatively quiet contest. An embarrassing lapse of judgment resulting in him receiving a one-day suspension from eRep did not seem to hurt Buublar’s ability to win his third term.

Tyler Buublar – AAP – 9
Henry Arundel – CvP – 3

Maine – Maine was one of three regions that saw a blocker win the election. Stevenson is the youngest member of Congress but is willing to serve.

Jacob Stevenson – USWP (AAP) – 6
Seeker1 – AAP – 4
Kendrick Crump – Lib (AAP) – 1

Maryland – Lib incumbent Robinson picked up his third term in Maryland, a region he has represented since its liberation.

Myles Robinson – Lib – 5
Deleruin – CvP (Lib) – 0
Ragoth – Fed (Lib) – 0

Massachusettes – USWP incumbent Astrup picked up his tenth term, one of the longest-serving Congressmen this term.

AidenAstrup – USWP – 5
yono – AAP (Ind) – 2

Michigan – AAP incumbent Tormod did not seek reelection, and AAP incumbent from Arizona von Phalz moved to Michigan to win the seat unopposed.

Rheinlander von Phalz – AAP – 4

Minnesota – Incumbent Jude Connors did not seek reelection, making Minnesota a freshman race, which was decided in the final hour.

James Roosevelt – USWP – 23
NoMistake – AAP – 15
comandokiller – CvP – 0
Th3 D 47 – Fed (USWP) – 0
Slpee – Lib (AAP) – 0

Mississippi – AAP incumbent Willisen did not seek reelection, making Mississippi a freshman race. Pariah went on to win his first term, and F. D. Roosevelt remains winless after three attempts.

Lord Pariah – AAP – 8
Franklin Delano Roosevelt – USWP – 1

Missouri – Unlike his first race, USWP incumbent Clevinger did not get an uncontested region this time, but still managed to earn his second term.

Clevinger – USWP – 5
Stephen Elios – CvP – 2
JeremyR – Fed (Ind) – 1

Montana – USWP incumbent Kronos walked into his third term unopposed.

Devan Kronos – USWP – 3

Nebraska – A relatively late entry, Cawagula, managed to earn his first term after an impressive performance in Nebraska.

Cawagula – AAP – 28
SGGHays – CvP – 18
adpackerfan – Lib (Ind) – 1
Cpttom1 – USWP (AAP) – 0

Nevada – Lib incumbent sydiot once again defeated a blocker. This will be his fourth term.

sydiot – Lib – 3
Petey Alazar – AAP (Lib) – 2

New Hampshire – Another Lib incumbent, Devoid, earned his fourth term in New Hampshire.

Devoid – Lib – 5
Naux – AAP (Ind) – 2

New Jersey – This race had the potential to be the most interesting of the month. The primary contenders were sixth-party members, and this was the only contested election for both sixth parties. CivilAnarchy, former Party President of the SFP, pulled ahead and picked up his first term.

CivilAnarchy – Fed (SFP) – 20
Joe Newton – AAP (Dem) – 7
Telonicus – USWP – 7
MKIced – CvP – 1

New Mexico – Fed incumbent Joe Lansing went to represent Illinois, and freshman Rekeri took his place in New Mexico.

Rekeri – Fed – 17
Amilcar Demetrio – USWP (Ind) – 13
Sirwassi – CvP – 6
qubert18 – AAP (Fed) – 1

New York – USWP incumbent Fionia decided not to seek reelection this month, and incumbent from District of Columbia ligtreb moved over to secure the region while his own was secured by Dodgercatcher. Miller had attempted to run on the AAP ballot again, but hopped over to the CvP ballot. Just like an earlier Party President race in the USWP, ligtreb defeated Miller soundly.

ligtreb – USWP – 16
Brett Miller – CvP (various) – 8
zoeycronos – AAP (Ind) – 7
George Mich – Fed (Ind) – 2

North Carolina – USWP incumbent DisDick walked into his fourth term.

DisDick – USWP – 0

North Dakota – After losing a tie last month, Hadiputro earned his first term in North Dakota. Dunleavy, who was ousted by Quinn last month, was unable to reclaim his region. SFP incumbent Phoenix Quinn did not run for a second term.

Ikhsan Hadiputro – AAP – 18
logan Dunleavy – CvP – 9
ThePRO727 – Fed (URP) – 3

Ohio – USWP incumbent McFarland walked into his second tem.

Max McFarland 2 – USWP – 5

Oklahoma – Fed incumbent sain picked up his third term, this time not competing with a vote-buyer.

eliwood_sain – Fed – 6
Danzig9 – USWP (Ind) – 0
Owned22 – CvP (Ind) – 0
Bodie5 – Lib (Fed) – 0

Oregon – After winning a battleground race last month, UIP incumbent Illithian walked into his second term.

Illithian – AAP (UIP) – 1

Pennsylvania – Emperor Rick, distraught over his defeat in the CvP PP race, came to challenge Cromstar again, this time for the Pennsylvania Congressional seat. Just kidding… he was a blocker. Cromstar took term number nine.

Cromstar – CvP – 10
Emperor Rick – AAP (CvP) – 4
dbuck2001 – Lib (CvP) – 2

Rhode Island – Lib incumbent mjdiv walked into his fifth term, his second out of Rhode Island.

mjdiv – Lib – 4
Kalidar – CvP (Lib) – 0

Shandong – The region from which the United States launched its invasion of Liaoning had no candidates until relatively late in the campaign season. Guais, who lost a close and complicated race last month in Hawai’i as a Fed, walked into his first term as AAP.

Guais – AAP – 0

Sichuan – This region saw a freshman contest and the first candidate from the Haight Independence Party (HIP) since its name change from the Republican Party.

Brent Abernathy – Lib – 5
Llyud – AAP (HIP) – 1

South Carolina – Fed incumbent Tango defeated a field of blockers for his second term.

Dr. Tango – Fed – 2
fingerguns – CvP (Fed) – 0
Chestermac – USWP (Fed) – 0
rosian wagner – AAP (Fed) – 0

South Dakota – Lib incumbent Indrae stepped up to his second term in a race considerably less active than South Dakota’s last month.

Indrae – Lib – 5
KrissyKat – AAP (Lib) – 1
Colonel Headshot – Fed (Ind) – 0

Tennessee – Lib incumbent Reala won his fourth term unopposed.

Bradley Reala – Lib – 0

Texas – Texans once again voted Panther in apparently not minding his new party affiliation. He defeated USWP challenger Sage.

Panther – AAP – 16
Preston Sage – USWP – 4
Ramsay Mitchell – CvP (AAP) – 2
LaurenBug – Fed (AAP) – 0
Israel Stevens – Lib (AAP) – 1

Utah – SLEEVE is trying to learn CONGRESS. But SLEEVE can’t learn more than four moves. Delete an older move to make room for CONGRESS?

Sleeve – AAP – 7

Vermont – After the contest battleground Vermont was last month, AAP incumbent Sterling walked into his second term.

Herrn Sterling – AAP – 1

Virginia – AAP incumbent Feinman won his fifth term against a field of blockers.

Evan Feinman – AAP – 6
Bjorn Wimmer – USWP (AAP) – 4
Aldric Harper – Lib (AAP) – 3

Washington – Under a new party affiliation, Stormin once again participated in a hotly contested race. Until last month in Vermont, he managed to win his first term, and there were no reports of negative campaigning.

Stormin – USWP (BMP) – 38
Zartemax – Lib – 20
Gerardo96 – AAP (Ind) – 1

West Virginia – Vice President PigInZen entered the halls of Congress for his third term. Fed incumbent CrashNBurn did not seek reelection.

PigInZen – Fed – 11
Zanmor – CvP – 9
LiveFreeOrDie – USWP (Fed) – 0
Pdeb – AAP (Fed) – 0

Wisconsin – Lib incumbent DanielCD walked into his third term.

DanielCD – Lib – 2

Wyoming – A region with a long history of electing Fed freshmen elected Greene12, its fourth Fed freshman in a row.

Greene12 – Fed – 6
Zaminicc – USWP (Ind) – 3
The Ice Cream Man – CvP (Fed) – 2
CrashNBurn – Lib (Fed) – 0
Maykani – AAP (Fed) – 0

Zhejiang – This was one of three regions that saw a blocker defeating the sanctioned candidate. fillireb and Wang had both participated in the process to be awarded AAP sanctioning, and fillireb intends to serve a term, his first in the United States.

Cesog fillireb – Fed (AAP) – 5
Dan Wang – AAP – 5