senatorial district

American  

noun

1. one of a fixed number of districts into which a state of the U.S. is divided, each electing one member to the state senate.

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Etymology

Origin of senatorial district

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

She also introduced him at a regional NAR conference of several hundred people in October 2020, in Gettysburg, which is in Mastriano's senatorial district.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2022

But her campaign might as well have been launched amid the unrest, much of which unfolded in what was then her state senatorial district.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2017

Raskin, 53, is trying to build on the grass-roots organization that’s lifted him to three election victories in his Silver Spring-Takoma Park senatorial district.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2016

The first step in the leadership battle will occur Saturday, when 34 Republican state senatorial district committees each elect two people to serve on the Missouri Republican State Committee.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2014

In Illinois members of the lower house of the state legislature have long been chosen as follows: Each state senatorial district is given the right to elect three assemblymen.

From Problems in American Democracy by Williamson, Thames Ross