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is a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. According to the Article One of the Constitution, only states may be represented in the

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. The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state and therefore has no voting representation in the

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. However, it does have a non-voting delegate to represent it in the House. The majority of residents want the district to become a state and gain full voting representation in Congress. To prepare for this goal, the district has elected shadow senators since 1990. The shadow senator emulates the role of representing the district in the Senate and pushes for statehood alongside the non-voting House delegate and shadow representatives. The district has held 11 shadow senator elections. The

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has immense political strength in the district; in each of the shadow senator elections, the district has overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic candidate, with no

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Shadow senator elections

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