congressional district
noun
one of a fixed number of districts into which a state is divided, each district electing one member to the national House of Representatives.
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Congressional district
Congressional districtnoun(in the US) an electoral division of a state, entitled to send one member to the US House of Representatives
congressional district
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U.S. Government.
Congressional district
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noun
Etymology
Origin of congressional district
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
For months, his staff offered only the vaguest references to a medical issue, stonewalling reporters and leaving the voters of New Jersey’s seventh congressional district completely unrepresented.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 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
He is said to be an ambitious aspirant in the fifth congressional district.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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
Republican Rep. Young Kim, who represents her Congressional district, easily won reelection, and neither party mounted a meaningful curing operation there; no other groups or campaigns contacted Crotwell, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
Maine's 2nd Congressional district encompasses the majority of the state north of Augusta and Portland.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
And I've seen boys who slid through the course just half a hair's breadth ahead of the Faculty boot, go out and do the bossing for a whole Congressional district in five years.
From At Good Old Siwash by George Fitch
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