congressional district
noun
: a territorial division of a state from which a member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected
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Instead, Maine and Nebraska award electoral votes to the winner of each congressional district — one per district — and give the other two votes to the statewide winner.
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Similar to Nebraska, Maine allocates two electoral votes to the state’s popular vote winner and one electoral vote to the winner of each congressional district.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
No place in the 529-square-mile, two-county congressional district came closer than Schaefer’s Saratoga to reflecting the exquisitely equal tally.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
Boebert, who has served as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 3rd congressional district since 2021, is currently seeking a third term.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
Officials of the group known as No Labels submitted to the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Thursday a petition indicating the group had collected more than 26,000 signatures across the state's eight congressional districts as part of an application for ballot access.
—Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
Missouri in October awarded 48 marijuana micro-licenses divided across the state’s eight congressional districts after the agency conducted a random lottery.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
When a user pressed the button, the app showed a pop-up asking the user for their Zip code and then naming their local congressional district and representative.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
That money has now spread to virtually every congressional district in the country.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Similar to Nebraska, Maine allocates two electoral votes to the state’s popular vote winner and one electoral vote to the winner of each congressional district.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
No place in the 529-square-mile, two-county congressional district came closer than Schaefer’s Saratoga to reflecting the exquisitely equal tally.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
Boebert, who has served as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 3rd congressional district since 2021, is currently seeking a third term.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
Officials of the group known as No Labels submitted to the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Thursday a petition indicating the group had collected more than 26,000 signatures across the state's eight congressional districts as part of an application for ballot access.
—Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
Missouri in October awarded 48 marijuana micro-licenses divided across the state’s eight congressional districts after the agency conducted a random lottery.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
When a user pressed the button, the app showed a pop-up asking the user for their Zip code and then naming their local congressional district and representative.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
That money has now spread to virtually every congressional district in the country.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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