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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 2788282" data-attributes="member: 7966">Exactly.He grew up in the district through High School but no longer lives there (he&#039;s been working in Wash DC area but lives in East Atlanta) but will move there if he wins.<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/19/politics/jon-ossoff-karen-handel-georgia/" target="_blank">Jon Ossoff doesn&#039;t live in his district. That might be a problem. - CNNPolitics.com</a>Opponent Karen Handel -&quot;The people of this district want a congressman that they know, that they trust, someone who has a real track record,&quot; Handel told &quot;New Day&quot; Wednesday morning. &quot;They&#039;re not interested in someone who doesn&#039;t even live in the district, someone who has a really thin resume and very lacking in experience.&quot;He doesn&#039;t even live in the district! How could he possibly represent us!It&#039;s worth noting here that a member of Congress doesn&#039;t have to live in the district they represent. Under federal law, you only have to live in the same state. In fact, as the Los Angeles Times documented in 2015, there are at least five California House members who don&#039;t live in the district they now represent in Congress.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 2788282, member: 7966"] Exactly. He grew up in the district through High School but no longer lives there (he's been working in Wash DC area but lives in East Atlanta) but will move there if he wins. [URL='http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/19/politics/jon-ossoff-karen-handel-georgia/']Jon Ossoff doesn't live in his district. That might be a problem. - CNNPolitics.com[/URL] Opponent Karen Handel - "The people of this district want a congressman that they know, that they trust, someone who has a real track record," Handel told "New Day" Wednesday morning. "They're not interested in someone who doesn't even live in the district, someone who has a really thin resume and very lacking in experience." He doesn't even live in the district! How could he possibly represent us! It's worth noting here that a member of Congress doesn't have to live in the district they represent. Under federal law, you only have to live in the same state. In fact, as the Los Angeles Times documented in 2015, there are at least five California House members who don't live in the district they now represent in Congress. [/QUOTE]

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