Sentences with phrase «counting congressional seats»

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Every ten years, Census data is used to reshuffle Congressional seats so they reflect the most current state population counts.

Illegal immigrants count towards the number of Congressional seats a state gets?

Donovan must still get the Brooklyn Republican and Conservative committee support, a formality since he is the only such candidate seeking it in the special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant when Michael Grimm resigned after pleading guilty to one count of felony tax fraud.

Thousands of absentee ballots remain to be counted in the special election called to fill the congressional seat vacated by Gillibrand when she was appointed to the Senate.

The two candidates are competing to fill the congressional seat vacated by Congressman Michael Grimm, who stepped down earlier this year after pleading guilty to a single count of felony tax evasion.

Combine a wider target list with the large number of Republican incumbents already heading into retirement (26 and counting) as well as the massive cash edge the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has over its GOP counterpart and a double - digit seat gain for Democrats starts to seem like a real possibility.

The concern expressed by states with large undocumented immigrant populations is that asking about citizenship will scare people off, forms won't get filled out and the count won't be accurate, affecting federal funding and the number of congressional seats.