Multi-member district
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A multi-member district is an electoral district that sends more than one officeholder to a body. By federal law, all members of the United States Congress are elected from single-member districts, and most states also elect their state legislators from single-member districts. Some states, however, utilize multi-member districts. For example, Arizona, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Washington elect all members of their lower state legislative chambers from multi-member districts. States and other jurisdictions may use multi-member districts in other contexts (e.g., for some but not all state legislative districts, for municipal districts, etc.).[1][2]
For more information about state legislative chambers that use multi-member districts, see this article.
See also
- Single-member district
- State-by-state redistricting procedures
- State legislative chambers that use multi-member districts
