Maryland's 3rd congressional district

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Maryland's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. House district centered in the Baltimore area, known for its irregular boundaries and strong Democratic lean.

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Maryland's 3rd congressional district canonical 10

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
ballotType single-member plurality ⓘ
chamber House of Representatives ⓘ
contains parts of Anne Arundel County ⓘ
parts of Baltimore City ⓘ
parts of Baltimore County ⓘ
parts of Howard County ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdFor representation in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
currentRepresentative John Sarbanes ⓘ
districtNumber 3 ⓘ
electoralLevel federal legislative ⓘ
elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
governingLaw Maryland state law ⓘ
linked to: Maryland Code

United States Constitution ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction federal ⓘ
hasAbbreviation MD-03 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic highly contorted boundaries ⓘ
safe Democratic seat ⓘ
hasDemographicTrend urban and suburban electorate ⓘ
hasElectoralEvent biennial U.S. House elections ⓘ
hasElectorateType single-member district ⓘ
hasMajorCityNearby Baltimore ⓘ
hasMapFeature non-contiguous appearing segments connected by narrow corridors ⓘ
hasRepresentationStartYearForCurrentMember 2007 ⓘ
isNumberedDistrictOf Maryland ⓘ
isSubdivisionOf Maryland ⓘ
jurisdictionType congressional district ⓘ
knownFor gerrymandered shape ⓘ
irregular boundaries ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
locatedIn Baltimore metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 1 ⓘ
officeTitleOfRepresentative U.S. Representative ⓘ
oftenCitedAs example of gerrymandering in the United States ⓘ
partOf Maryland congressional delegation ⓘ
partyOfCurrentRepresentative Democratic Party ⓘ
politicalLeaning strongly Democratic ⓘ
representedByPartySince Democratic Party ⓘ
representedIn United States Congress ⓘ
represents Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
subjectTo decennial redistricting ⓘ
usesVotingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Sarbanes → represented → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
Henry Winter Davis → representedDistrict → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. → representedDistrict → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
John Sarbanes → representedArea → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
Maryland's 4th congressional district → borderedBy → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
John Sarbanes → represents → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
Carroll County, Maryland → congressionalDistrict → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
subject linked to: Carroll Co., MD
MD-03 → alsoKnownAs → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
John Sarbanes → represented → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
subject linked to: Sarbanes family
Sarbanes family → regionOfInfluence → Maryland's 3rd congressional district ⓘ