Definitions for congressional district
con·gres·sional dis·trict

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1. congressional districtnoun

   a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives

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1. Congressional district

   Congressional districts, also known as electoral districts and legislative districts, electorates, or wards in other nations, are divisions of a larger administrative region that represent the population of a region in the larger congressional body. Notably, Australia's districts are referred to as electorates or seats; in Canada, these are called "constituencies", or more informally "ridings". Countries with congressional districts include the United States, the Philippines, and Japan.

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1. Congressional district

   A congressional district is an electoral constituency that elects a single member of a congress. Countries with congressional districts include the United States, the Philippines, and Japan. A congressional district is based on population, which, in the United States, is taken using a census every ten years.

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How to pronounce congressional district?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of congressional district in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of congressional district in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of congressional district in a Sentence

1. Alek Skarlatos:

   Val Hoyle has said that she doesn't believe in any new fossil fuel infrastructure when gas is $5 a gallon in the state, and diesel is about six. She's also voted to raise taxes on hospitals and nursing homes, again, our most vulnerable population. Seniors in the poorest congressional district in the state can afford that the least as well, i think those kinds of baseline economic issues are where you're going to see us separate. I mean, she's appealing pretty much to the Democrats in the district. Her sign even says a Democrat for Congress on it.

2. Brenda Landwehr:

   Without explanation, this map shifts 46% of the Black population and 33% of the Hispanic population out of the 3rd Congressional District by dividing the Hispanic neighborhoods ofQuindaroBluffs, Bethel-Welborn, Strawberry Hill,Armourdaleand others from Argentine, Turner and the rest of Kansas City, Kansas south of I-70.

3. Kathy Hochul:

   Lee is doing a great job to make sure that he wins by a margin that he needs in downstate, but it is really upstate New York that’s going to have to turn out huge to get this done, my district, we’ve always had the highest congressional turnout, the last few cycles, of any congressional district in the state, and we’re going to work hard to do that again.

4. Alek Skarlatos:

   Being the poorest congressional district in the state, we can afford inflation, and we can afford gas prices the least of any other part of the state of Oregon, and particularly just about any other part of the West Coast. I mean, this is a very blue collar, working class district and people are not getting more for their money. They're getting significantly less.

5. Brenda Jones:

   Money helps in an election, but money doesn't win an election, the people of the 13th congressional district know me, they know my work.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=congressional district
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=congressional district