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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Pennsylvania Races to watch: U.S. Senate, 1st, 7th, 10th and 12th congressional districts;
attorney general, auditor, treasurer, state legislature
Polls close: 8 p.m.
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2024
Only two other congressional districts – Ohio’s 9th District, spanning from the Indiana border to the tip of Lake Erie, and Maine’s 2nd District, which encompasses the state’s northern territory – experienced the same trend with their incumbent Democrats.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Nebraska is one of two states that allocate some of their electoral votes by congressional district, and the district containing Omaha went blue in 2020.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Democratic House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford said reducing the number of commissioners and abandoning choosing who served by congressional districts for geographic diversity means lawmakers and citizens will have less power over the board.
—Jeffrey Collins, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2024
Only two other congressional districts – Ohio’s 9th District, spanning from the Indiana border to the tip of Lake Erie, and Maine’s 2nd District, which encompasses the state’s northern territory – experienced the same trend with their incumbent Democrats.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Nebraska is one of two states that allocate some of their electoral votes by congressional district, and the district containing Omaha went blue in 2020.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Democratic House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford said reducing the number of commissioners and abandoning choosing who served by congressional districts for geographic diversity means lawmakers and citizens will have less power over the board.
—Jeffrey Collins, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
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