[EL] winning in Congress but not living in the district

[Michael McDonald]

Last decade during the Arizona redistricting, it was discovered that Bob
Stump was not living in his district and that he had perhaps falsified his
voter registration to indicate that he was living at his place of business.
No formal charges were brought against him, to my knowledge.

Here is a news story about it:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=932&dat=20010823&id=YK4oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=
8VIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3400,5294227

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Dr. Michael P. McDonald
Associate Professor, George Mason University
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

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[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Meek
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 1:08 AM
To: David A. Schultz
Cc: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] winning in Congress but not living in the district

Lyndon Johnson won the 1937 special election for the 10th District of
Texas.  He was not living there and, I believe, never had lived there.

Dan Meek
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On 2/26/2012 5:51 AM, David A. Schultz wrote: Can anyone give me an example
of any individual successfully winning a seat in Congress yet not living
within that district?  In the alternative, does anyone have examples of
individuals running for Congress while living outside of it borders?

To the best of my knowledge I cannot find an example dating all the way back
to 1842 when Congress mandated single-member districts for Congress.

Thank you.

David Schultz, Professor
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