1.   He knows what the figures are, he knows what the polls are looking like, he knows his district.

2.   Inspectors knew their districts like cops on a beat, filling notebooks with observations on every building.

3.   New York prosecutors are said to be reporting to Washington on the case, but the district is known for its aggressive independence.

4.   The district is known as being on the cutting edge of the modern art scene.

5.   The three-county district is known as a haven for ticket-splitters.

6.   They contend that legislators know their districts better than anyone else and are therefore best suited to dole out funds to groups they deem worthy.

7.   Voters want a congressional representative they believe they know intimately, who knows their district and can bring home the federal dollars, they said.

8.   The Lukulu district is known as a center for African medicine in Zambia.

9.   His district was known as a no-go area for police until just a few years ago.

10.   The tribal-dominated district is known as an ethnic powderkeg with periodic outbreaks of violence ensuing from tensions between Bodos and settlers and Bodos and native Assamese.