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The term "51st state" in American political discourse refers to the idea of adding a new state to the Union, either by granting statehood to one of the U.S. territories, splitting an existing state, admitting another country, or granting statehood to Washington, D.C. This would increase the number of states in the United States from 50 to 51.
2012 Colorado's 51st House of Representatives district general election [8]: 121 Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Brian DelGrosso (incumbent) 23,760 : 54.18% : Democratic: Mark R. Shaffer 18,165 41.42% Libertarian: Michael Renker 1,928 4.40% Total votes 43,853 : 100.00% : Republican hold
Ron Weinberg is a state representative from Loveland, Colorado. A Republican, Weinberg represents Colorado House of Representatives District 51, which includes a part of Larimer County, Colorado centered on Loveland. [1]
On February 7, 2019, State Representative Brad Halbrook, with co-sponsors Representatives Chris Miller and Darren Bailey, filed a resolution that urges the United States Congress to declare the City of Chicago the 51st state of the United States of America and separate it from the rest of Illinois. [42] [43]
The idea of either Canada or the U.K. becoming America’s 51st state is, of course, absurd. Yet both nations’ trajectories make it a fitting metaphor for their current condition.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Some have shrugged off Trump’s suggestion Canada should “become the 51st state” as an old joke or mere posturing, while others dismiss it as a bad political idea, given Canada’s blue…
Opinion - What it would take to make Canada the 51st state. F. Andrew Wolf, Jr., opinion contributor. January 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM. President Trump first spoke of the idea back in 2019. But is it ...