Definition of "congressional district" [congressional district]

• One of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States. (adjective)
• See under Congressional. (noun)

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• "I got Peter Murphy, the chairman of the Passaic County Republican Party, a check for $5,000, figuring that Peter was the county chairman in Martini’s congressional district and had been helpful to me in 1994, so it couldn’t hurt to kiss the ring a little."