congressional district
noun
: a territorial division of a state from which a member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected
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When she was elected in 2014 to represent New York's 21st congressional district, Elise Stefanik was the youngest woman elected to Congress at the time.
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Michele Kelemen, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
In the spring our organization conducted research in two representative battleground congressional districts.
—Donna Lieberman, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
Easily more than half of that was going into congressional districts where the representative is a Republican.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The benefits of the law were felt widely, spurring clean energy projects in almost 40% of the country’s congressional districts; 19 of the 20 that got the most funding were led by Republicans.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
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Michele Kelemen, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
In the spring our organization conducted research in two representative battleground congressional districts.
—Donna Lieberman, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
Easily more than half of that was going into congressional districts where the representative is a Republican.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The benefits of the law were felt widely, spurring clean energy projects in almost 40% of the country’s congressional districts; 19 of the 20 that got the most funding were led by Republicans.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for congressional district
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“Congressional district.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congressional%20district. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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