If the D wins, I suggest the house refuse to seat him. He doesn’t even live in the district. He states he has plans to move back to this district (just another month or two) when his girlfriend finishes school.
And that is quite telling in itself. It’s no longer something that kills your political chances to be living with a woman outside marriage.
Anyways he isn’t living in the district at the time of the election. I say don’t seat the prick.
Isn’t living outside the district somewhat common? I mean they redraw the district lines all the time—especially once courts get involved.
“No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.” U.S. Constitution - Article 1 Section 2
Ossoff will, one way or the other, be in the run-off. The other person looks like Karen Handel - but yet the voting is still occurring.
My question is “Did the GOP candidates rip one another apart so badly in the primary that Ossoff may benefit from GOP turmoil over supporters of the other candidates not backing the GOP candidate in the run-off?”
Anyone have any insights on the ground battle in that area?
Unfortunately, Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution only requires the person elected to be an inhabitant of the state from which he is elected at the time he is elected. He does not have to live in the district from which he is elected.
I recall a primary in Virginia in the last election in 2018. The republican did not live in the district and won the primary, but lost the general. The republican basically got redistricted by the federal courts and was an incumbent who decided to run in another district.
Not certain why this should disqualify him from representing his district if he wins. The voters will make that decision if they don't like him not living in the district.
There is no requirement that a Congresscritter must live in his/her district; only that they live within the state.
That said, living outside one’s district isn’t very wise from a political sense. Not being eligable to vote for oneself emphasizes the problem.
I had heard earlier that he does not have to reside in the district.
What if she, the newly qualified doctor, can't get a job she likes in his district and wants to go elsewhere? Will he dump her? Will she dump him? Will he follow her to wherever she decides to go? He's 30 years old and has been dating her for 12 years. Sounds like Pajama Boy to me.
Need to watch carefully. They’ll be fine-tuning their election stealing process, using what they learned after Shrillery, on the smaller elections.