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Can you run for congress in a district that you do not live in?
Gfrung
Absolutely!
In fact, in some states, Congressional districts extend to multiple cities (not just towns, but full-blown cities). The State of Arkansas, for example, has four districts. The Third district has many major cities in it, including Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Harrison, and Fort Smith.
Obviously, a Congressman who is running for that district can't possibly live in all of those cities, so just by nature of him running for that district, he's running in a town that he doesn't live in.
Now, asking if you can go outside of your DISTRICT to run for Congress; that's a different story. I suppose it would be possible (the Constitution only forbids people from running for a seat in Congress of a STATE that he doesn't reside in, but says nothing about districts), but no one that I know of has actually done it yet.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoI guess it's possible. The only residency requirement that the Constitution lays out is that the Representatives be a resident of the state that they represent.
So, I guess, if the state has more than one Representative, a guy in District 1, if he meets every other requirement, could run for a spot in district 2, so long as the district he runs for is in the same state that he lives.
I never thought about it, but it might be possible.
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A representative does not have to live in any specific district in order to run for office.?
false
A representative does not have to live in any specific district in order to run for office?
false
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3% of the voters for that state or district, which in most districts is approximately 20,000 people.
Must a member of US Congress live in his district?
Representatives and Senators need only to be representatives of the State which they will represent, not the congressional district (for representatives). See Article I of the Constitution.
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25 years old and live in the district where you run.
Which member of a congress represent a whole state?
The Senator represents the entire state the Representative is elected in the district they live in.
Congress does not govern the independent region of the District of Columbia?
Yes, Congress governs the District of Columbia.
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The citizens that live and work in the district or State are routinely called constituents. The person that goes to Congress to represent the people in his State or District is the representative.
