congressional district

noun

, U.S. Government.

1. one of a fixed number of districts into which a state is divided, each district electing one member to the national House of Representatives.

Congressional district

noun

1. (in the US) an electoral division of a state, entitled to send one member to the US House of Representatives

Word History and Origins

Origin of congressional district¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

Fresh off several years of running as a Democrat in one of the most conservative congressional districts, Ammar Campa-Najjar appears ready to consider a new target.

From Voice of San Diego

They include state Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, a philosophy professor and a former NFL player, all of whom were appointed by the Democratic primary winner in each of the local congressional districts.

From Voice of San Diego

The Democrats allow the winners of each congressional district’s most recent Democratic party primary to pick an elector.

From Voice of San Diego

Both parties went into the election with a chance to draw more congressional districts than the other, but the end result was just about the best-case scenario for Republicans.

From FiveThirtyEight

We’ll have to wait a bit before data can tell us how congressional districts voted in 2020,14 but for now it seems many Republican gains were made by picking off the lowest-hanging fruit.

From FiveThirtyEight

The answer is that you flip state legislatures, since in most places, state legislatures draw the congressional district lines.

From The Daily Beast

Now tell me: How are Democrats going to win back those legislatures so that they can start drawing congressional district lines?

From The Daily Beast

Republican Jody Hice romped home in a safe rural Georgia congressional district last night.

From The Daily Beast

Steve Lonegan fell short in his bid to win the GOP nomination in a swing congressional district in South Jersey on Tuesday.

From The Daily Beast

The 13th Congressional District remains one of the most Democratic in the state, and Boyle is likely to win easily in November.

From The Daily Beast

When he became unpopular in this Congressional district because of his speeches on the Mexican war, I was faithful to him.

From Project Gutenberg

He was elected solicitor for the present term in the Third Congressional District.

From Project Gutenberg

He ran into a section of John Vassars congressional district saturated with the young leaders ideals of a new Americanism.

From Project Gutenberg

Cadets are admitted only in June or September, and only then when there's a vacancy in their congressional district.

From Project Gutenberg

That statement was made public by Mr. Savery in this communication to the citizens of this congressional district.

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