Delaware at-large congressional district

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The Delaware at-large congressional district is the single U.S. House of Representatives district that encompasses the entire state of Delaware.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
at-large congressional district
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution
surface form: Article One of the United States Constitution
country United States of America
created 1789
elects member of the U.S. House of Representatives
electsAt biennial U.S. federal elections
federalDistrictNumber 00
geographicCoverage entire state of Delaware
governingLaw United States Constitution
surface form: U.S. Constitution
hasApportionmentUnit statewide
hasCapital Dover
hasChamber lower house of the United States Congress
hasConstituentServicesIn Delaware
hasElectionAuthority Delaware Department of Elections
hasGovernmentalLevel federal
hasLargestCity Wilmington
hasNotBeenRedistrictedIntoMultipleDistricts true
hasOfficeLocationForRepresentative Washington, D.C.
hasPopulationBasis decennial United States Census
surface form: U.S. decennial census
hasRepresentativeTitle U.S. Representative
hasVoterEligibility U.S. citizens residing in Delaware
includesCounty Kent County
New Castle County, Delaware
surface form: New Castle County

Sussex County
isApportionedBy United States Congress
isContinuousSince 1789
isNonMultiMemberDistrict true
isNumbered at-large
isOnlyHouseDistrictOf Delaware
isRepresentedAlongside Delaware’s two U.S. Senators
isRepresentedIn Capitol Hill
isSingleDistrictFor Delaware
isSubjectTo Delaware election law
U.S. federal election law
language English
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
locatedIn Delaware
partOf United States Congress
postalCodePrefix DE
represents Delaware electorate
Delaware
surface form: State of Delaware
seats 1
startDate March 4, 1789
stateAbbreviation DE
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
usesElectionSystem first-past-the-post
votingSystemType single-member district

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Newark, Delaware federalRepresentation Delaware at-large congressional district