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In addition to proportioning congressional seats, census results are also used to distribute federal funds and within each state to redraw congressional, legislative and local election district lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

News of the fire prompted Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park to leave a committee meeting early to make her way to the fire, which is in her district.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, who oversees the district, said in a statement that her team has regularly met with the transit agency to advocate for Eagle Rock’s needs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The 10-acre site will also be transformed by new offices and retail space, primarily serving the neighbouring financial district filled with skyscrapers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

The district attorney produced notes that Guiteau had sent to Garfield and Secretary of State Blaine.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Posters of a beaming Modi line streets across New Delhi to welcome leaders, with heavy deployments of security forces across the capital and widespread traffic restrictions in central districts.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Numerous lawmakers in competitive races chose to remain in their districts rather than spend valuable campaign time in Dallas, while both convention nights were facing competition from the opening games of the NFL season.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The redrawn districts can’t be used unless voters approve them in a ballot referendum, the state court said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“People definitely want to know more about what their water districts are doing to be prepared for wildfires, so that they don’t prematurely run out of water,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The exceptions are the kids from the wealthier districts, the volunteers, the ones who have been fed and trained throughout their lives for this moment.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

“Plaintiffs’ novel proposal is that we dismantle Georgia’s statewide PSC system and replace it with an entirely new districted system,” the court wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

As school districted switched to distance learning in March, the nonprofit Partnership for Connecticut spent $24 million to provide 60,000 laptops to high school students.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020

Is choosing a more diverse school worth requesting the transfer, or should we stick with our districted school?

From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020

Less important but still a concern: Only one of our daughter’s friends from day care will attend the school that we are districted for.

From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020

Again, in the machinery of the internal-revenue laws all these States are districted, not as "Territories," but as "States."

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson

In Allen, the post-Callais case concerning Alabama’s effort to undo Black representation, and in an early Texas districting case, Abbott v.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

The justices further acknowledged the emergence of robust two-party competition and the increasing sophistication of computer-generated districting maps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

“A districting plan must comply with the broader constitutional standard of upholding the right to vote on equal terms and to substantially equal voting power,” Associate Justice Robin Hudson wrote in the prevailing opinion.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

“I see the argument on the other side — a state interest in independent districting commissions. But as I read this, it is about districting in Los Angeles,” Chemerinsky said via email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

“On motion, Messrs. Gray, Dougherty, and Beers were appointed a committee on districting the Territory into not to exceed five districts.”

From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray