Better Know a District
# District Guest Installment Date aired Notes
52 Washington - 3 Brian Baird ( D ) 37th January 17 Interviewed by Colbert with the use of a sock puppet and a sausage
48 Pennsylvania - 4 Jason Altmire ( D ) 38th January 24 Defeated by Colbert in a game of paper football . First congressman from December 12 , 2006 segment to return for a profile
53 New York - 6 Gregory W. Meeks ( D ) 39th January 31 Features Colbert as Fidel Castro . Let me ask you this : Speaker Pelosi , disgrace to the office or the greatest disgrace to office ?
37 Ohio - 18 Zack Space ( D ) 40th February 7 Second congressman from December 12 , 2006 segment to return for a profile
54 Arkansas - 2 Vic Snyder ( D ) 41st February 15 Oh , so THAT 'S where Arkansas is
55 Tennessee - 9 Steve Cohen ( D ) 42nd March 1 Thank you for taking time out from being a black woman to talk with me
42 Kentucky - 3 John Yarmuth ( D ) 43rd March 8 A debate over the subject of throwing kittens through a woodchipper . Third congressman from December 12 , 2006 segment to return for a profile
47 Illinois - 17 Phil Hare ( D ) 44th March 15 It was wrong to break the law to get people out of slavery - that 's what you just said . Fourth congressman from December 12 , 2006 segment to return for a profile
56 New York - 22 Maurice Hinchey ( D ) 45th March 21 Has brown acid-induced hallucinations of Colbert with a horse 's head
57 Virginia - 11 Tom Davis ( R ) 46th May 3 Includes a clip of Eleanor Holmes Norton concerning her relationship with Davis . Virginia 's 11th is given a # 1 Ribbon for being the wealthiest of the 435 districts
58 Arizona - 7 Raúl Grijalva ( D ) 47th May 24 You are of Mexican descent . As a Congressman , do you believe that you are doing a job that Americans do n't want to do ? . Debated over border control ; asked Grijalva how much he charges for mustache rides
59 Illinois - 9 Jan Schakowsky ( D ) 48th June 4 You are a Democrat , and therefore you are liberal . Are you high right now ? Interview conducted with clips from Schakowsky 's appearance on the show five minutes earlier
60 Washington - 9 Adam Smith ( D ) 49th June 7 Have you ever supported NAMBLA ? Colbert attempts to eat two hamburgers . The existence of shrink-rays was never confirmed nor denied
List of districts `` Better Known '' -- Season 3 ( 2007 )
Better Know a District (also known as BKAD) was a recurring segment on The Colbert Report. It offered a humorous examination of a different United States Congressional district in each segment and generally included an interview with that district's member of Congress.