They are the ones whom suburban districts tend to court, she said.

So urban districts tend to lose out all the time in the bidding war for qualified teachers.

These districts tended to be disproportionately small and rural.

Because of the way the Legislature draws the lines, the districts tend to be dominated by one party or the other.

This district, strongly conservative at the national level, tends to favor Democrats at the local level.

He has never been seriously challenged since, although his district tends to vote Democratic in other races.

Despite those numbers, the district has tended to elect Republicans to Congress.

The historic districts tend to be diverse neighborhoods economically, ethnically and culturally, he said.

State officials concurred that small districts tend to be expensive ones.

These districts are old and tend to be smaller in area with high population densities since prehispanic times.