GOTV Standardized District Abbreviations

How the codes work

• Every hashtag starts with the two-letter postal code, then letters and digits only: no spaces, hyphens or punctuation, so X links it as one tag. Every tag is unique across the whole list.
• U.S. House: state plus the two-digit district. IA-01 is #IA01. At-large seats, DC and territory delegates use AL: #WYAL, #DCAL, #PRAL.
• U.S. Senate: #IASEN is the state's Senate race tag. Each seat also has a class tag: #IASEN2 is the Class 2 seat (on the ballot in 2026). Class 1 seats are next up in 2030 and Class 3 in 2028; the 2026 Ohio and Florida specials are Class 3 seats and are flagged.
• Governor: state plus GOV, #IAGOV. DC uses #DCMAYOR.
• State legislature: state, then SD (upper chamber) or HD (lower chamber, including assemblies and houses of delegates), then the district number padded to the width of that chamber's highest number (at least two digits): Iowa's 50-seat senate gives #IASD01, and its 100-seat house gives #IAHD001. Lettered subdistricts keep the letter: #MNHD01A, #MDHD11A, #AKSDA.
• Named districts (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont): the first place name becomes three letters and each later place name one letter, followed by the number if any. 10th Bristol is #MAHDBRI10, Belknap 3 is #NHHDBEL03, Chittenden-6-1 is #VTHDCHI06X1 (X separates a sub-number). Hampden, Hampshire, Windham and Windsor use HMD, HMS, WDH and WDS to keep tags unique.
• Nebraska has a single-chamber, officially nonpartisan legislature; its districts use SD. DC has a council, not a legislature: #DCWARD1 to #DCWARD8 and #DCCOUNCILAL.
• Tags that read as words (for example #DEAL, #RISEN, #VIAL, #WISEN) are flagged in the list. Add context such as the office name when posting them.

How the list is built

• Start from every office on the ballot or in office: our national race list for federal and governor races, and U.S. Census Bureau 2024 state legislative boundary files for state senate and house districts.
• Apply the office rule above to make one code (for example IA-01 or IA SD 01) and one hashtag (#IA01, #IASD01) per seat.
• Check that every hashtag is unique across all 7,431 entries, and flag any tag that reads as an ordinary word.
• Publish the full list here, by state, and as a CSV download. Codes stay fixed; new districts after redistricting get new codes rather than reusing old ones.

Tags that read as words

These tags are valid but also spell ordinary words or names on X, so add the office name when you post them.

#AKAL#DEAL#VIAL#RISEN#RISEN1#RISEN2#WISEN#WISEN1#WISEN3

Using the tags on X

• Use one tag per race in a post, next to the plain-language name: "Iowa Senate race #IASEN".
• Every row below has a Post on X link that opens a new post with the tag filled in.
• Search X for a tag to follow every post about that race, poll or district.
• GOTV Polling uses these tags on its poll pages and graphics, for example #IASEN, #IAGOV and #IA01 to #IA04.