Maine's 1st congressional district

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Maine's 1st congressional district is a U.S. House district in southern Maine that includes the city of Portland and surrounding coastal and urban areas.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
apportionedBy decennial United States Census
surface form: United States Census
border Atlantic Ocean
New Hampshire
characterizedAs coastal
largely urban and suburban
contains Bath, Maine
Biddeford, Maine
Brunswick, Maine
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States
surface form: Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Cumberland County, Maine
Falmouth, Maine
Kennebunk, Maine
Kittery, Maine
Lincoln County, Maine
Portland, Maine
Saco, Maine
Sagadahoc County, Maine
Sanford, Maine
Scarborough, Maine
South Portland, Maine
Westbrook, Maine
York County, Maine
York, Maine
part of Kennebec County, Maine
containsFeature Casco Bay
Portland Harbor
country United States of America
created 1821
currentRepresentative Chellie Pingree
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
districtNumber 1
elects member of the U.S. House of Representatives
governingLaw United States Constitution
hasSisterDistrict Maine's 2nd congressional district
largestCity Portland, Maine
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
levelOfGovernment federal
locatedIn Southern Maine
surface form: southern Maine
numberOfSeats 1
partOf Maine's congressional delegation
postalAbbreviationState ME
regionType New England
representedIn United States Congress
state Maine
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
uses ranked-choice voting
votingSystem single-member district

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Augusta, Maine federalCongressionalDistrict Maine's 1st congressional district