Retiring Guy's Digest

Sunday, August 4, 2019

GOP members of Congress announce their retirements from the House early and often

Say goodbye to 71-year-old Mike Conaway, who represents Texas' 11th congressional district.

Opined in The Republican Exodus from Congress. (The New York Times, 7/31/2019)

No flippin' will be taking place here next year.

Source: Ballotpedia (yellow = Libertarian)

Don't understand why you need to gerrymander in this part of Texas.

govtrack

Source: U.S. Census Bureau (My Congressional District)

Sources: CNN (US/TX), Daily Kos (TX 11th CD)

The Obama elections:

2008: McCain, 76%; Obama 23%
2012: Romney, 79.2%; Obama 19.6%

Other Conaway post:
Meet the members of the Republican Study Committee. (8/8/2015)

Other retirement posts:
Alabama 1st CD. Bradley Byrne. (8/1/2019)
Alabama 2nd CD. Martha Roby. (8/1/2019)
Georgia 7th CD. Rob Woodall. (8/2/2019)
Indiana 5th CD. Susan Brooks. (8/3/2019)

Population loss in North Dakota: Pierce County

It all started here.

Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.

Source: Wikipedia (Pierce County, Rugby)

Rugby is the county seat of Pierce County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-90%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:

15.8% - Pierce County
28.9% - North Dakota
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

23.6% - Pierce County
15.3% - North Dakota
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Pierce County voted Democratic in a presidential election was 1976. Trump won 69.4% of the vote in 2016.

Source: Heart of America Library, Rugby

Other North Dakota posts:
Divide County/Crosby. (7/23/2019)
Golden Valley County/Beach. (7/24/2019)
Billings County/Medora. (7/24/2019)
Slope County/Amidon. (7/25/2019)
Adams County/Hettinger. (7/25/2019)
Hettinger County/Mott. (7/26/2019)
Dunn County/Manning. (7/26/2019)
Burke County/Bowbells. (7/28/2019)
Ranville County/Mohall. (7/29/2019)
OIiver County/Center. (7/30/2019)
Grant County/Carson. (8/1/2019)
Emmons County/Linton. (8/1/2019)
Sheridan County/McClusky. (8/3/2019)
McHenry County/Towner. (8/3/2019)
Bottineau County/Bottineau. (8/4/2019)

Other population loss series:

Arkansas
Detroit metro

Pennsylvania
South Dakota

Population loss in North Dakota: Bottineau County

It all started here.

Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.

Source: Wikipedia (Bottineau County, Bottineau)

Bottineau is the county seat of Bottineau County.

Population loss by degrees: 80-90%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:

21.9% - Bottineau County
28.9% - North Dakota
30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

23.8% - Bottineau County
15.3% - North Dakota
15.6% - U.S.

The last time Bottineau County voted Democratic in a presidential election was 1964. Trump won 71.4% of the vote in 2016.

Source: Bottineau County Public Library

Related reading:
The Downside of the Boom. (The New York Times, 11/24/2014)

Without engaging in any data analysis, the farmers in Antler were suspicious of the spill estimates because they were based on self-reporting by the industry. “You take the word of the operators? That’s your first mistake,” one man said, to laughter. They remarked that their own spills were often drastically underestimated on the state’s spills website.

Indeed, The Times found scores of cases on that website where the release of pollutants was not just undercounted but marked as zero. One supposedly zero-volume wastewater spill in Bottineau County last year required the removal of 600 dump-truck loads of contaminated soil.