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10 May 2010, Day 902 of the New World.

The Congressional Map Game

Rules and regulations can be found here, as can a sample question. The game itself can be found here.

This game ended at 1800 eRepublik time on Day 899.

Now that the competition has ended, let’s announce the winners and provide the answers.

In the deions of many of these Congressmen, I will refer to them as serving either pre-invasion or post-liberation or both. This refers to the PEACE Invasion of North America, which radically altered the landscape of the United States. Pre-invasion elections often had local-voting populations, while post-liberation Congresses were marked by the fortress regions consuming many votes and a relatively smaller number of mobile voters deciding the remaining regions. August 2009 was the election which divided these two time periods. The entire nation was compressed into just a few regions for that election, which is why most states have no election history for that month but Florida sent 11 people to Congress.

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Emmanuel Cruise
An Arizona-native an member of America’s Advancement Party, Cruise was unable to run in his preferred region due to AAP incumbency (Rheinlander von Phalz) existing in Arizona. He first represented Utah in October 2009. Cruise moved to represent Arizona two months later and served two terms. He returned to Congress in March 2010 to fulfill a long-time desire to represent a fortress region, and did so in California for two terms.





Kazeal
Kazeal began his Congressional career pre-invasion, serving in Arizona first in May 2009 and continuing until July, when the region was occupied by Indonesia. Post-liberation, he represented Connecticut in September 2009. Most of his post-liberation political roles have been party leadership in the United Independents Party or in Israel.






Rheinlander von Phalz
von Phalz started his Congressional career immediately post-liberation in Arizona in September 2009. After three terms, he moved to Michigan, vacating Arizona for fellow-AAP incumbent Emmanuel Cruise while taking over Michigan from retiring AAP Congressman Tormod. After three terms, he took a break from Congress and returned in April 2010 in Missouri.






Reng

Reng retired from two-clicking to run for Congress for the first time in Georgia in December 2009. He was pitted against Conservative powerhouse Angelini, and did not make a second attempt until Colorado in February 2010. He won his first seat in March 2010 in Eastern Thailand, and he was the only Congressman from an Asian region to keep his seat in April.


Items 5-8 are related in some way.




Gaius Julius

Julius is a pre-invasion Congressman and post-liberation President and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The long-time member of the Federalist Party represented Michigan in February 2009 and Tennessee in May 2009. His last United States term was in June 2009, and his fourth trophy came from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tennessee’s Congressional seat has also seen former President of the United States Jewitt, former President of Australia Cerb, and former United States Secretary of State Bradley Reala.






Harrison Richardson

The current President of the United States was also President during the invasion. He has just two terms in Congress: one pre-invasion and one post-liberation (which ended early with his election to the Presidency). He lost in Texas in April 2009 and won in May 2009. Interestingly, he defeated Emerick in that May Congressional election and went on to defeat Emerick in the Presidential election of July 2009, then lose to him in the next Presidential election. The common element of items 5-8 was the May 2010 Presidential election.





Mattoze5

Mattoze5 has made many attempts at political office before and after the occupation. This includes many candidacies for the President of the United States, none of which gained a large portion of the vote. A long-time member of the old Conservative Party now with the Republicans, Mattoze5’s last term in Congress was June 2009. He has only won in Iowa.





CivilAnarchy

CivilAnarchy, a long-time member and former President of the Socialist Freedom Party, first ran for and won a seat in Congress in December 2009 in New Jersey. He made a failed attempt on Arkansas in January 2010, and then returned to New Jersey for two terms. In preparation for a second Presidential bid in May 2010, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Florida. Harrison Richardson also ran that month in a fortress region, Karnataka, in preparation for his CP bid.






Robert Loggia

As discussed last article, there are various reasons a Congressman leaves his region of incumbency for greener pastures. In Loggia’s case, it was often necessity. The United Independents Party member first made it into Congress in November 2009 in Delaware. During that term, the region fell to the United Kingdom, who promptly lost it to Canada. Canada returned all occupied regions except Delaware, and Delaware remains Canadian today for reasons discussed in this article. Understanding the difficulties faced by an incumbent without a region, the powers-that-be offered him a new region recently part of the United States as part of the Asian campaign: Jiangxi. Jiangxi is part of the United States again now, but it was returned to China during Loggia’s second term, again leaving him without a region. He won his third term in Missouri, and then moved to Kansas next month, presumably to avoid Desertfalcon. Robert Loggia served four consecutive terms – each in a different region.






DanielCD

A former United Independents Party member, Libertarian Party president, and current Congressman in India, DanielCD made multiple attempts to enter the United States Congress pre-invasion. He did not find a political environment hospitable to doing so until October 2009 in Wisconsin. He served six terms, the last being February 2010, before leaving for India. After being elected once, he did not change his region until he was ready to change his country.





logan Dunleavy

Most of Dunleavy’s election history is in North Dakota, where he won his first term in October 2009. He went on to lose in November and December, returning to Congress in January 2010. His last term in the United States was in February, after which he left for Uruguay. He can now be found in Singapore.






Desertfalcon

Desertfalcon has a Congressional history going all the way back to the beginning of V1, starting in Nebraska in October 2008. He was the highest-voted candidate in the Florida election in August 2009, which saw the whole country compressed into a handful of regions. He has affiliated with the Conservative and Federalist Parties and was last seen losing his bid for reelection in Missouri in March 2010.






Elderon Zakath

A member of the (off-site) eUS forum team, Elderon Zakath has an extensive history with the eUS Congress. However, despite multiple attempts, his only term was in Maine in August 2009. That election was decided entirely by experience points, as votes could not be cast in the region due to a Russian occupation. It is because of this month, which many still mislabel as a glitched election, that Maine and Florida appear more often on Congressional maps than similar states.






Pizza the Hutt

Many were aware of Pizza’s victory in Florida in March 2010, in which he was expected to lose to Zcia (who did not make it onto the ballot). He also ran in Utah before leaving for and returning from Australia. In June 2009, he lost to Tormod, who he called the “most liberal member of the US Congress.”






Tormod

Tormod got his start in Congress in Utah in April 2009. In July, he moved to California. He was one of the Congressmen elected in Florida in August 2009, a necessity because of the occupation of the rest of the country, and he ran in Michigan the next month. A long-time member of America’s Advancement Party, Tormod retired from Congress after this eighth term, which was in Michigan in November 2009.






Emerick

Emerick represented Texas in the first V1 Congress, October 2008. Six of the seven Congressmen (including Emerick) from that month in Texas would go on to win Presidential elections: Justinious McWalburgson III, Uncle Sam, John Jay, miguelguerin, and Cj Will Win. He would do a second month in Texas before moving to Maine in December 2008. After a hiatus, he attempted to return to Congress in West Virginia in April 2009 and Texas in May 2009 before winning a seat in Vermont in June 2009. He won West Virginia in July 2009, his last appearance in the United States Congress. His entire Congressional history is pre-invasion and mostly affiliated with the Libertarian Party. He won the Presidency in August 2009, which marks the division between pre-invasion and post-liberation.






Kyle321n

In addition to being Presidential runner-up in May 2009 and June 2009, Kyle321n served eight terms in Congress. Most of his pre-invasion Congressional history is in Indiana as a member of the Nationalist Party, while his post-liberation history is in California as a member of the Federalist Party. He first represented Indiana in November 2008, then took a one-month hiatus, returning and winning in Indiana until June 2009. He returned in California in October 2009, won a second term, and lost in December 2009.







Cerb

An accomplished politician in the United States and Australia, Cerb made his first appearance in Congress representing New York in May 2009. He lost the month before in Kentucky. After a second term in New York, he moved to Tennessee in July 2009. He was part of the Florida team in August 2009 and ran twice more (losing in September and winning in October) in Kentucky. He then left for Australia, but has since returned and hinted at reentering United States politics.




Data for Sichuan represents Chongqing.


seeker1

seeker1 is a veteran Congresswoman from before the invasion with America’s Advancement Party. She won her first bid in Maine in June 2009, was part of the Maine group of the August 2009 election, and served Maine for six consecutive months until losing in December 2009. She then served a month in Tennessee in January 2010, lost reelection, and won Chongqing in April 2010.






NeilP99

NeilP99 is a mostly pre-invasion politican who first ran in Illinois in November 2008 and first won there a month later. His third attempt was later, in March 2009, and it did not result in a Congress seat. He then won Maryland in April 2009 and remained until June. After a long hiatus which included the invasion, P99 returned in Michigan in March 2010 and Alabama in April 2010.






One Eye

Despite being a recognized figure among eUS ecumenicists (including Congress’s Budget and Finance Committee), One Eye has only served three terms in Congress, all of which were pre-invasion. He won them consecutively in Wyoming starting in February 2009 before losing in May and June 2009. His first post-liberation attempt was in Washington in April 2010. One Eye’s first attempt was as far back as December 2008, and it was in Maryland.




Data for Sichuan represents Sichuan.


Dan Wang

Dan Wang is a Congressman whose journey into office is among the longest in eUnited States history. It appears he made his first attempt in October 2009, losing to Astra Kat G in New Jersey. Without the approval of America’s Advancement Party, he ran in November 2009 in District of Columbia and was defeated by ligtreb. He lost to a blocker, Cesog fillireb, in December 2009 in Zhejiang, and then lost in Sichuan in January 2009. He then returned to North America for two more failed attempts: Idaho in February and South Dakota in March. After six failed attempts each in a different region and switching to the United Independents Party, Dan Wang finally won a seat in Congress in Tibet in April 2010.







SGGHays

SGGHays made his first attempts to break into Congress in Alabama in September 2009 and New Mexico in October 2009. The Conservative Party member first won a seat in Nebraska in November 2009, and every term he served would be in Nebraska. After November, he ran in Nebraska every month, winning all but December 2009.






Woxan

Outgoing President of the United States Woxan made his first bid for Congress in Nevada in April 2009. He and another big name from the United States political landscape, Desertfalcon, lost. Woxan ran again next month, and won his first term the month after that – June 2009. In July, Woxan won in the District of Columbia. Woxan would not return to Congress until after the liberation, winning in California in December 2009 (ostensively as a blocker) and last running in February 2010. He affiliated with America’s Advancement Party during his Congressional career.





Evry

Evry first ran for Congress under the Conservative Party in Connecticut in March 2009 and first won the next month in Missouri. He won the next two months but lost in June. After a long hiatus and some blocking work, he attempted to run in Tibet in December 2009. Tibet was the United States’ fallback position in Asia and not expected to be a risky region to run in, but a resistance war returned the region to China while damage was being directed against a Hungarian attack on Jilin.





SweetBags

The long-time member of the United States Workers Party political team first made it into Congress in February 2010 by defeating Dan Wang in Idaho. He was prepared for a race in iron-rich Liaoning when an ill-fated attempt to clear the momentarily-disabled Russians from North Korea ended in a Hungarian attack on Jilin from Heilongjiang. To prevent the Hungarians from pressing south into Shandong, and possibly all the way to Zhejiang, Liaoning was returned to China in a resistance war. Many of SweetBags’s appearances on the ballot were as a blocker, but he first ran for real in Indiana in November 2009.







Devon Donaldson

Donaldson, a former reporter on Congressional races, ran for the first time as a member of the United States Workers Party in Nebraska in October 2009. He took another loss next month in Delaware. He tried for Nebraska again in January 2010 as a member of America’s Advancement Party and Virginia in February to no avail. He won his first seat in Kentucky the next month.






Patches O’Houlihan

Another woodland creature who made multiple attempts at getting into Congress before winning in Kentucky, O’Houlihan first ran in South Carolina in October 2009. He tried Mississippi the next month, and then Kentucky in December. The United States Workers Party member won his first seat in January 2010 and served a second month in Kentucky.





Alex Lorre

Lorre’s first attempt at a Congress seat was in Iowa in October 2009. Despite losing, he appeared on the national radar when Congress immediately realized that he was preferable to the newly-elected Congressman from Iowa. The Socialist Freedom Party member would not make another run for Congress until April 2010 in Jiangxi.






Astra Kat G

Astra Kat G first ran for Congress in Florida in August 2009, in the middle of the invasion. She was the only freshman elected in that region of Congressional powerhouses. She won her second term next month in California, which was just becoming the second United States fortress on election day. She moved again for her final term the next month in New Jersey. Similar to Robert Loggia, her three consecutive terms were each in a different region. Throughout her Congressional career, she affiliated with the Green Party, and was the only Green in Congress.






Kyle Galli

Galli has perhaps the longest journey to political office that has not yet ended. He first ran in New Mexico in June 2009 as a member of America’s Advancement Party and former Party President of the Democratic Party (before the Game Mechanics party movement). He would try Rhode Island in September as a member of the United Independents Party, then Alabama next month. He ran in Arkansas in December 2009, Louisiana in January 2010, and Arizona in February 2010. He returned in April 2010 in Illinois as a member of the Green Party. He also has a Presidential bid in September 2009.






Josh Frost

Former President of the United States Frost made his first Congressional bid in Colorado, winning in March 2009. He moved to Montana in April 2009 and lost. His second United States term was the large Florida Congress of August 2009. Both of his non-consecutive Presidential terms were post-liberation.






Angelini

Angelini’s first Congressional bid was in Alaska in June 2009. She won her first term in Maine in August 2009 off experience points. She returned to Congress for a second term in Georgia in December 2009 and stayed for a second month. Her victory in Texas in April 2010 was as a blocker shouting for people to stop voting for her. Throughout her Congressional career (which does not include April 2010) she affiliated with the Conservative Party.






mjdiv

mjdiv has a long history with the eUS Congress beginning with his bid for Rhode Island in April 2009. He won the next month but lost in June. For July, he moved to New York and won his second term, and then served as part of the large Florida contingent in August. After two consecutive attempts to return to office in New York, he won in Rhode Island again in November 2009, served another term, and then lost in January 2010, one of five losses that month to potential PTO candidates. He attempted Kansas in February and Ohio in March before returning to win again in Rhode Island in April. During most of his Congressional career, he affiliated with the Libertarian Party.






Syrup

Syrup hit the Congressional scene hard as a Libertarian in Montana in January 2010. He won District of Columbia the next month. He won his third term in April for Utah after taking a month off due to a land-swamp in Shaanxi rendering the race a no-contest.






St Krems

Krems attempted to earn his first term during the occupation in Florida, in an August race that only granted one freshman a seat. He would earn his first term next month in Idaho, serving until December 2009. He attempted to return in April 2010 as a SEES member in Florida. Throughout his entire Congressional career, he affiliated with the Federalist Party.






Publius

Publius has a long history with the United States Congress, mostly pre-invasion, starting in October 2008 in California. He represented New Hampshire the next month and South Carolina after that. His fourth consecutive term was in yet another region: Minnesota in January 2009, where he stayed for a second month. He would not attempt a return to the eUS Congress until much later, Oregon in April 2010, where he also experienced his first loss.






ssomo

Making no attempt to hide his Oregonian roots, ssomo first ran for Congress and won a seat in Oregon in March 2009, and he served for three months. He moved to Washington in June, where he did not have as much success. He was a member of the United Independents Party for his pre-invasion political career. He returned for one term in Minnesota in February 2010, affiliating with the Non-Partisan League. His return was not in Oregon due to that conflicting with a UIP incumbent.






Fionia

Fionia won her first Congressional bid in New York in September 2009, just after the liberation. She served three terms, took a one-month hiatus, and returned for New York in January 2010. She ran the next two months in New Hampshire, losing in February and winning in March. She won her sixth term the next month in Florida. She affiliated with the United States Workers Party for most of her Congressional career.






Devan Kronos

Kronos lost his first bid for Congress in South Carolina following the liberation, in September 2009. In October he moved to Montana, where he won and represented for three months. He became the first United States Congressman from Karnataka in January 2010, and his last term was in North Carolina in February. He affiliated with the United States Workers Party during his Congressional career.




Data for Sichuan represents Chongqing.


Iasov

Iasov is a post-liberation politician who started in Nebraska in October 2009. His first seat was in Chongqing in December 2009, then Andhra Pradesh next month, making him the only citizen with United States Congress terms in a Chinese and an Indian region. He attempted to break in to North America the month after that in District of Columbia, and then won in South Carolina next month, where he picked up a second consecutive term. He affiliated with the Libertarian Party.






Richard Brophy

Brophy is a pre-invasion Congressman who got his start in Alabama in February 2009. He served a second term there, but would fail to make it back into Congress every attempt after that. He tried North Dakota in May 2009 “for the gold,” West Virginia in June, and Arizona in July. An attempt to run in Arizona in September was blocked, and since the liberation his primary political accomplishment was claiming the party left behind by the (game-mechanics) Democrats.






Dodgercatcher

Dodgercatcher has a long history with the eUS Congress before and after the North American invasion. He ran for Congress as many as twelve times, winning five seats. He started in Montana in March 2009 and won in Louisiana the next month. Then he took a loss in Louisiana and another in Nevada. He returned to Montana to win the region uncontested in July 2009. He switched from the Conservative Party to the United States Workers Party and won Louisiana in September, then lost it in October. He won Kentucky in November and District of Columbia in December, but then lost to the PTO force in January 2010. He left for the Philippines, and can now be found in Singapore.






Jude Connors

Connors started as the entirety of the Congressional representation of the Socialist Freedom Party in New Mexico September 2009. He served a second month there before moving to Minnesota in November. He has switched to the United States Workers Party and managed their Congressional elections for a region which included Minnesota. He attempted to return to Congress in February 2010 in Louisiana. A planned run in California in March did not happen, but he did get on the California ballot as a United Independents Party member in April. He left for the United Kingdom after that.






Inwegen

Inwegen is a pre-invasion Congressman who first ran in Wyoming in November 2008. He next attempted South Carolina. He won his first term in February 2009 in Washington and spent four months there. He affiliated with the United States Workers Party.






Deleruin

Deleruin is another example of flexibility leading to success. The Libertarian Party member first ran in South Carolina in September 2009, again in October, and then Mississippi in January 2010. He won his only term in Missouri in March 2010.






Serendipitous

Although eRepublik history continues to record the incorrect result, Serendipitous won his first term on an experience-based tie-breaker in Alabama in September 2009. He remained there until December and affiliated with America’s Advancement Party. After taking a break from Congress, he set out for Australia. Upon his return, he ran and won in Colorado in April 2010.






Tiacha

A long-time member of the Federalist Party, Tiacha’s first seat in Congress was in Ohio in November 2008. After that term, she did not return until New Jersey in February 2009. She spent a second term there before a hiatus. Her third term was in Texas in September 2009, and inter-party issues caused her next and final term to be in Illinois.



And the winner is…

Each item on this list had at least one contestant guess correctly. The easiest items on the list were numbers 1, Emmanuel Cruise, and 3, Rheinlander von Phalz. The hardest was number 26, SweetBags. The winning contestant correctly identified 47 of the 48 items. The winner was…


Tormod

In addition to the mention, Tormod will receive five gold. It’s just like winning a Congressional election! (Which, of course, Tormod has done before. See item 15.)