How to Use congressional district in a Sentence

congressional district

noun

• Part of the reason the outcome is up in the air is due to the state's losing a congressional district after the 2020 Census.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2022
• Caitlin Draper of Fayetteville filed as a Democrat in the 3rd congressional district last week.
  — Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
• For years, Democrats have avidly eyed a congressional district in central New York as ripe for the flipping.
  — Grace Ashford, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
• The congressional district includes the Charlottesville area and stretches south to Danville.
  — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• The seats are just two of seven congressional districts on the ballot for voters in Tarrant County.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
• If for some reason this turns into a red tsunami, keep an eye on the 10th congressional district in Virginia.
  — NBC News, 6 Nov. 2022
• Montana voters are heading to the polls Tuesday for the state's two House races, after the creation of a new congressional district, and state legislative races.
  — Jessie Dimartino, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2022
• With that map, Republicans were able to flip congressional districts in 2022, a major blow to Democrats.
  — Brian Bushard, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• Last week, Chansley filed a statement of interest to run for a seat in Arizona’s 8th congressional district.
  — WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
• Speaking ahead of the president at an event in his congressional district last week, Democratic Rep. Jared Golden put it a bit more sharply.
  — Mike Memoli, NBC News, 31 July 2023
• But Democrats representing swing congressional districts, or seeking to win one, could feel the pressure in those regions and across the country.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
• So why does this matter beyond one congressional district in New York?
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Jan. 2023
• The judge ordered the state legislature to draw new congressional district boundaries by Dec. 8.
  — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2023
• In Mesa, twenty-six per cent of the housing stock is mobile homes, which translates into the largest raw number and the second highest proportion in any congressional district in the U.S.
  — Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• The latest House rating changes switched California’s 47th congressional district from one that leans Democrat to a toss up.
  — Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
• The partisan voter index, or PVI, compares the vote in each congressional district with that of the nation, based on the past two presidential elections.
  — Stephanie Stamm, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• Haley lives on Kiawah Island, in the first congressional district, just outside of Charleston.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• The makeup of those boards and commissions must change because Oregon was granted a sixth congressional district after the 2020 census.
  — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023
• That would have a dramatic impact on just how many constituents are grouped into each congressional district.
  — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
• The poll found that 50% of likely voters in Colorado’s third congressional district would vote for opponent Adam Frisch, versus 48% for Boebert.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
• 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
• While Democrats were mostly elated at caucus and congressional district meetings at the convention, some said the party needs to do more to win more races at the local level, from city councils to school boards.
  — Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2023
• More than one in four residents of Alabama are Black, but six of the state’s seven congressional districts have long been held by white Republicans.
  — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• Instead of allocating delegates by congressional district, the new rule would assign all of the state’s delegates to a candidate who wins more than 50% of the vote.
  — Mark Murray, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• Twenty-one are allocated by congressional district — three for each of the seven districts, and the winner takes all the delegates in each district.
  — Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
• New York’s Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that a congressional district mapping commission will not have to draw up new lines and the existing districts will remain in place, at least for the time being.
  — Peter Cordi, Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2023
• The state's new map will give Alabama two congressional districts where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate.
  — TIME, 11 Oct. 2023
• The second Black seat is in Alabama’s 2nd congressional district.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 6 Oct. 2023
• Maine divides its electoral votes by congressional district, and its vast, rural second district went for President Trump in the last two elections.
  — Jon Kamp, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
• Banks is in his fourth term as U.S. representative for Indiana's third congressional district, which covers the northeastern part of the state.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024