congressional
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McClintock’s new sprawling congressional district includes swaths of gold country, the Central Valley and Death Valley.
From Los Angeles Times
The Supreme Court’s other ruling on Monday evening involved New York’s 11th congressional district, which encompasses all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn.
Nonetheless, the administration briefed congressional leaders of both parties.
Normally, the redrawing of the country’s congressional districts takes place once every 10 years, following the census and accounting for population changes over the previous decade.
From Los Angeles Times
As a political scientist who studies congressional elections, I’m interested in the question of whether special elections can really tell us which way the political winds are currently blowing.
From Salon
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