congressional district
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- noun
- /kənˈɡrɛʃənəl ˈdɪstrɪkt/
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distrito congresional (EE. UU.)
- The results of the election in our congressional district will determine who represents us in the House this year.
I see few Democrat Congress people who are not elected from congressional districts that are specifically drawn to represent a minority community.
- I see few Democrat Congress people who are not elected from congressional districts that are specifically drawn to represent a minority community.
- And in the second Congressional District, there were five districts.
- We there were pill mills all over my Congressional District.
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In Florida's 25 current congressional districts, Hispanics or blacks form a majority or near majority in six.
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Each state in the U.S. is divided into congressional districts, which help ensure fair representation in Congress.
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Remember this: out of the entire Congressional district, only two people agreed to run for the office.
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The best you can hope to influence is in the drawing of congressional districts once every ten years.
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In addition, there are more and more congressional districts and even states where one party is dominant.
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Protests are being held at Senate and Congressional district offices all over the country tomorrow.
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" It is especially wonderful to have such a state-of-the-art museum here in our congressional district.
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Rep. Walsh has been the representative of the 8th congressional district since January 2011.
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The recent redrawing of California's congressional districts would seem to favor Democratic candidates in this deep-blue state.
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Pete Stark has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1973, representing California's thirteenth congressional district in southwestern Alameda County.
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Synonyms
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An area of a town or city where people vote at one polling place
An area set up for local government, like a region or district
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'congressional' (related to Congress) + 'district' (an administrative/territorial area), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes an area associated with Congress—i.e., the territorial unit for congressional representation. The specific U.S. electoral detail (electing a House member) is country-specific but does not make the core compound opaque; the composition is straightforward and cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Congressional district comes from two simple ideas: Congress (the national group that makes laws) and district (a local area on a map). Picture a map divided into areas where each area 'chooses' one person to send to Congress, so the phrase means 'the area that chooses one representative'.