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Voters will decide on six local congressional district seats and other statewide races including the:
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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
Georgia's 14th congressional district encompasses the northwest part of the state, from the northwest Atlanta suburbs all the way up to the Tennessee border.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Their leader is Alex Bores, a 35-year-old computer scientist and New York state assemblyman who is running to represent a congressional district that covers much of Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Formerly the four delegates-at-large of each party were chosen by the state convention, and the other delegates by congressional district conventions.
From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford
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