Comments on: Michele Bachmann Will Run For Re-Election to Congressional Seat https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Mike Haubrich https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19791 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:02:25 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19791 According to About.com, any residency requirement that supercedes or is more strict than the constitutional one is likely to get struck down by the Supreme Court

http://uspolitics.about.com/b/2008/11/03/about-residency-requirements-for-congress.htm

So, the answer is no. One does not need to be a resident of the District they represent.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19790 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:21:26 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19790 Whoever runs into Richie first, ask and report back!

]]> By: Mike Haubrich https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19789 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:07:08 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19789 It’s possible that they live in their districts for customary reasons because it can be a political issue to be used against them if they live in another district.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19788 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:33:34 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19788 I have not been able to find verification of that on the Secretary of State’s web site.

]]> By: Mike Haubrich https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19787 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:07:03 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19787 I am pretty sure that they have to live in the same district they represent, Greg. Taryl Clark moved to the 8th district in order to challenge Cravak.

]]> By: IraqVet1999 https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19786 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:07:33 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19786 Well this is one subject that I think 90 percent of all Minnesotans agree on. NO not only NO but hell no.

]]> By: GenghisFaun https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19785 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:18:13 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19785 Maybe she’d swap houses with you? I guess it wouldn’t be a very good deal for you, though, since you’d have to burn hers to the ground to get rid of the “crazy” cooties, obviously.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19784 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:42:49 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19784 Actually, yes, I’m pretty sure now that I think about it that a US Representative only needs to live in the state, not the district. At the state level, one has to live in the area being represented. Members of US congress, however, are not constitutionally required at the federal level to live in their district, and the state of Minnesota does not provide a residency requirement, I think.

But she’d be running to represent a district she does not live in. That might get mentioned by anyone running against her, especially since she would be living in an upscale area and representing mainly working class areas. Yeah, that could get mentioned once or twice. Daily!

]]> By: Chris from Europe https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19783 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:27:12 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19783 Aren’t there several Representatives that live in one of the neighbor districts? Can a state outlaw that for Federal office?

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/25/michele-bachmann-will-run-for-re-election-to-congressional-seat/#comment-19782 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:09:01 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2077#comment-19782 That would shake things up. Michele would lose, and with her district open, anything could happen.

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