Reaction to reactionaries? As the Arizona legislature passes a nullification bill (Link is a PDF), Pima County presses to secede from Arizona.
At 9,189 sq. mi. it is larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
In 2000 Pima County had a population of 843,746 which was more than Wyoming, Vermont, North Dakota, Alaska, and South Dakota.The insurgent group "Start Our State" made headlines recently by calling for Pima County to secede from Arizona and become its own state, called "Baja Arizona." The primary reason for this, according to group co-chairman Paul Eckerstrom, is that the heavily liberal population of Southern Arizona is fed up with Republican-dominated state politics.
At 9,189 sq. mi. it is larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, and New Jersey.