[TomGuy]

Rep. Tim Griffin (R-AK)

Griffin is R-Arkansas, not R-Alaska.

The state abbreviations have been around for decades! Why are they so difficult to remember?

The NYT article states Others on the Democrats’ target list have included Representative Tim Griffin of Arkansas. So, the mistake was made by someone who used the NYT information, but reformatted the identifications.

Several blogs and commentary websites picked up the reformatted version and used it without fact checking.

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[don-o]

The state abbreviations have been around for decades! Why are they so difficult to remember?

It was a step backwards when we went to two letter abbreviations. I still like Tenn. and Penn. (or Penna) And Ala. and Ark. and Miss. Less confusion.