[Din Maker]

Is there anything in the Constitution that says one must be a legal resident of the State from which they are elected to the United States Senate?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Shhh! You’re blowing Hillary’s! cover!

Carpet Bagger. These people sneak in like roaches.

*SMIRK*

[Din Maker]

Roberts made use of official funds to spend 97 days in Kansas between July 2011 and August 2013. During that period, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., spent official funds to log about 475 days in Kansas.

Spent 97 days in Kansas in more than 2 years time. If the people of Kansas reelect that old fart, they need to put a fence around the entire state and turn it into an insane asylum.

[Bryan24]

Each State develops their residency laws.

Just another symptom of the problem.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I will check the constitution. I believe the constitution does require one to be a resident of the state from which you are elected.

What gets me about this though, is that all congressmen and senators live in Washington, DC area for most of the year, while Congress is in session. Many own homes there. I guess I’m confused why it becomes an issue, in this case, and in Landrieu’s case, but not an issue in other campaigns.

If up to me, they wouldn’t spend so much time in Washington as Congress wouldn’t be in session most of the year, but that’s a separate topic......

[Conservative Gato]

Seriously? Who cares!

Not many I know here in Kansas cares about this as much as the liberals are trying to antagonize with this. Yeah, he has his flaws, much like most politicians but he is still a solid conservative vote. There are much worse things that could come to pass like allowing Harry Reid to remain leader of the Senate. I want no part of allowing that to happen, first and foremost.

CGato

[bigbob]

sheesh...at least “Pineapple Bob” always had a house in Russell and went their often

[RginTN]

Nevermind that just vote Republican!!!

[tallyhoe]

At various times Orman has been registered as a Democrat and a Republican. He has been unaffiliated with a party since 2010.

After a debate in 2014 he stated, “I’ve tried both parties; and, like most Kansans, I’ve been disappointed.”[7]
2008 U.S. Senate race

Orman was a Democratic candidate in Kansas’s 2008 United States Senate election, but dropped out before the primary.

[ncalburt]

Smelling a Dem troll pretending to be upset.

You want Reid to stay in charge !

just joined and peddling the Dem option..

Oh that right let the phony Dem aka the Obama delegate in 2008 and 2012.
We have very low grade Dem trolls here now.

[The Great RJ]

Tom Daschle did the same thing when he was majority leader. Daschle only visited South Dakota when campaigning and listed his aged mother's home in Aberdeen as his in state residence, while he lived in his lobbyist wife's palatial home just outside the beltway.

Though it should be up to states to determine who is eligible to represent them in Congress, Congress is full of carpet baggers. Look no further than Hillary who never lived a day in New York until she became their Senator. Al Franken may have lived in Minneapolis decades ago, but spent most of his time in Holywood and I doubt has any real residence in Minnesota to this day. I fail to see how a state can be adequately represented in Congress by people who don't live in the state.

[itsahoot]

Is there anything in the Constitution that says one must be a legal resident of the State from which they are elected to the United States Senate?

That ship sailed with Bobby Kennedy.