Extremes
The two most Democratic congressional districts in the country are New York's 15th and 16th, located in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx respectively, at D+41, while the two most Republican districts are Alabama's 6th and Texas' 13th with a PVI of R+29. As for states as a whole, Utah and Wyoming are the most Republican at R+20, and Vermont is the most Democratic at D+13. The District of Columbia, which is not a state and lacks voting representation in Congress but which has three electoral votes in Presidential elections, has a PVI of D+39.
The most Republican congressional district to be represented by a Democrat is Utah's 2nd, which has a Cook PVI of R+15. The district is represented by Jim Matheson. The most Democratic congressional district to be represented by a Republican is Illinois' 10th, which has a PVI of D+6. The district is represented by Bob Dold.
As a result of the 2010 elections, there are 18 Democratic-leaning House districts represented by Republicans (up from 8 before the election) and 17 Republican-leaning House districts represented by Democrats (down from 77 before the election). This represents a total of 35 out of 435 Representatives from districts with a PVI opposite to their own party. Just one district represented by Republicans has a Cook PVI greater than D+5; 8 districts represented by Democrats have Cook PVIs greater than R+5.
In the Senate, the most Republican-leaning state to have a Democratic senator is Alaska, with Democrat Mark Begich. The most Republican-leaning state to have two Democratic senators is West Virginia, with Democrats Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin. The most Democratic-leaning state to have a Republican senator is Illinois, with Republican Mark Kirk. The least Republican-leaning state to have two Republican senators is Arizona, represented by John McCain and Jeff Flake, with no Democratic-leaning states at all having elected two Republicans as of the 2012 elections.
Six Republican-leaning states (the most Republican being Kentucky at R+10) have governors from the Democratic Party; eight Democratic leaning states (the most Democratic being Maine at D+5) have governors from the Republican Party.
Colorado is the only state with an even PVI. Its House of Representatives delegation consists of four Republicans and three Democrats, while both of its U.S. senators are Democrats. Minnesota, with a PVI of D+2, is the only state with an evenly split (4-4) House delegation (both of its senators are also Democratic). It has two Republican Representatives in districts that lean Democratic, and two Democratic Representatives in one district that leans Republican and in its one even district. Massachusetts has the largest number of Representatives (10) of the seven states that have entirely Democratic delegations; Kansas has the largest number of Representatives (four) of the nine states that have entirely Republican delegations. Note that the seven states with only one representative must be among these; two are Democratic (Delaware and Vermont) and five are Republican (Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Alaska).
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