How to Use congressional district in a Sentence
congressional district
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The other three go to the winners of each of the state's three congressional districts.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
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The other three go to the winners of each of the state’s three congressional districts.
—Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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The other three go to the winners of each of the state’s three congressional districts.
—Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
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His was the most pro-Trump congressional district in New York state in 2020.
—Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
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Part of the reason the outcome is up in the air is due to the state's losing a congressional district after the 2020 Census.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2022
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Jason strikes me as the type who, in ten or fifteen years, is running for the GOP seat in his congressional district.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 June 2022
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In the past, congressional district lines have been reviewed by federal judges and not the state Supreme Court.
—John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2022
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The good news is the 16th congressional district’s long painful exercise counting the votes is over!
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
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Maine is one of two states that have awarded electoral votes based on the congressional district.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Oct. 2024
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The winner in each of the state's three congressional districts is awarded an electoral vote.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
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The next highest congressional district in the state is $8 billion.
—Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 19 Jan. 2022
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Caitlin Draper of Fayetteville filed as a Democrat in the 3rd congressional district last week.
—Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
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For years, Democrats have avidly eyed a congressional district in central New York as ripe for the flipping.
—Grace Ashford, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
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Nebraska is one of just two states to award a share of its electoral votes by congressional district.
—BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2021
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It was pushed back from Feb. 22 by the Maryland Court of Appeals because of a legal challenge to the state’s new congressional district map.
—Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 8 Mar. 2022
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The two congressmen were drawn into the same House seat after the state lost a congressional district after the 2020 Census.
—CBS News, 11 May 2022
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The congressional district includes the Charlottesville area and stretches south to Danville.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
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AP McCarthy, 56, is known for his detailed knowledge of the congressional district map, his quick smile and his fundraising.
—Lissandra Villa, Time, 23 Apr. 2021
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The seats are just two of seven congressional districts on the ballot for voters in Tarrant County.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
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If for some reason this turns into a red tsunami, keep an eye on the 10th congressional district in Virginia.
—NBC News, 6 Nov. 2022
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Lieu said the effects of the last spill in Refugio could be felt 125 miles south, in his congressional district, which includes coastal areas in the Los Angeles area.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2021
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That means the three of Nebraska's five electoral votes will go to the winner in each of the state's three congressional districts, and the two remaining votes will go to the winner of the state's popular vote.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Nebraska is one of two states, along with Maine, that splits its electoral votes based on congressional districts, awarding bonus votes to the overall winner of the state.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
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Nebraska gives three Electoral College votes to the statewide winner and one to the winner of each congressional district.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024
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Montana voters are heading to the polls Tuesday for the state's two House races, after the creation of a new congressional district, and state legislative races.
—Jessie Dimartino, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2022
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With that map, Republicans were able to flip congressional districts in 2022, a major blow to Democrats.
—Brian Bushard, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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Until a dozen years ago, the 11th was the most competitive congressional district in this purple state.
—Lisa Rab, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
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Instead, Maine and Nebraska award electoral votes to the winner of each congressional district — one per district — and give the other two votes to the statewide winner.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
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The New Orleans native has spent two decades representing the state’s ninth congressional district, which includes the southwestern part of the greater Houston area.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
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None of Minnesota's eight congressional districts made a top election forecaster's list of most competitive seats for the 2026 midterms.
—Kyle Stokes, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
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