they represent the people that are in their district.
Nancy Pelosi, the current Speaker of the House, represents California's 8th district.
The area represented by a member of the House of Representatives is called a congressional district. Congressional districts are based on population.
Poway, California is in the 52nd Congressional District, represented by Duncan Hunter.
One Individual elected by popular vote in each eletoral district is delegated to represent their district in the United States House of Representative.
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Each U.S. Senator is supposed to represent the state from which he/she was elected. Each U.S. Representative is supposed to represent the people of the congressional district from which he/she was elected.(Note that I did not state that a Representative is supposed to represent a congressional district or that a Senator is supposed to represent the people of a state.)
Carl Levin is a Senator from Michigan, and not a member of the House of Representatives.
George W. Bush ran for Texas' 19th Congressional District in 1978, but lost to Kent Hance. He was never a member of the House.
A member of the House is responsible for all the people of their district and should vote in their interest. With that being said, there is no reason why another member can not take up the cause of someone from another person's district.
He doesn't represent a district. He was the senator of Delaware
AnswerAnswerIf I'm not mistaking a member of the house of representives represents the people who elected him into this position.new kid: well that is right but not fully. there is more. a representative also is a person who represents the district he/she lives in. he/she must live in the district he/she represents =D