An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Sam Forstag, a 31-year-old union leader and former smokejumper - a person who parachutes in to fight forest fires - just won the Democratic nomination for Montana's 1st congressional district, defeating a more establishment candidate.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Why not two for every state or one for every congressional district?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Massie and Gallrein are running in a safely Republican congressional district shaped like a bat, centered around the Cincinnati suburbs south of the Ohio River.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
They had been sued by voting rights advocates, and both had been required to draw a second congressional district with a Black majority.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
The one appointed as a member of the Democratic Women's National Committee was Mrs. Head, chairman of her congressional district for the suffrage organization.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted
An equally stinging rebuke came out of the primary race in the Eighth Congressional district, to replace Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
In New Jersey’s 12th Congressional district, Dr. Adam Hamawy is bringing a national profile and the support of a sitting senator to the race, which could make the difference in a crowded Democratic primary.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2026
Tran, a first-time candidate, is hoping to be the first Vietnamese American candidate to represent the Congressional district that includes Little Saigon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
Maine's 2nd Congressional district encompasses the majority of the state north of Augusta and Portland.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
In 1886 he was elected to the Fiftieth Congress from the Eighth Congressional district of Virginia, and again in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress, and still again in 1890 to the present Congress.
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