---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 5"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "5"
heading: "Nominations for Representatives at large"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/5"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Election of Senators and Representatives"
---

# §5. Nominations for Representatives at large


Candidates for Representative or Representatives to be elected at large in any [State](/usc/2/4556.md?p=1) shall be nominated in the same manner as candidates for governor, unless otherwise provided by the laws of such [State](/usc/2/4556.md?p=1).


## Source credit

(Aug. 8, 1911, ch. 5, § 5, 37 Stat. 14.)