: a territorial division of a state from which a member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebPlaintiffs who challenged Alabama’s congressional district map as racially discriminatory and won at the district court level filed their briefs today with the U.S. Supreme Court. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 11 July 2022 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 The redistricting commission adopted the new congressional district map in late December. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2022 The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold a lower court decision ordering Alabama to redraw a congressional district map that appeared to discriminate against Black voters. Harold Maass, The Week, 8 Feb. 2022 The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the state's congressional district map Friday, saying Republicans violated the Ohio Constitution by drawing districts that favored GOP candidates. Jessie Balmert, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2022 The panel will miss the Nov. 30 constitutional deadline to produce a congressional district map, meaning that its work must be completed next month under the supervision of the state Supreme Court. Mark Pazniokas, courant.com, 24 Nov. 2021 In 2017, and the US Supreme Court struck down the state's congressional district map for racial gerrymandering, forcing the legislature to redraw the map. Kelly Mena, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021 The leading Democrat on the Ohio Redistricting Commission has asked his Republican counterpart to set public hearings across the state later this month to consider how to redraw Ohio’s congressional district map. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2021 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1812, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
congressional district
noun
: a territorial division of a state from which a member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected