Under U.S. law, congressional candidates do not need to live within the district they wish to serve.
The Founding Fathers probably didn't make residency a Constitutional requirement for federal office because mobility was limited in the 18th century, said Kent Redfield, a political science professor emeritus at UIS, and district residency may have been taken for granted.
Redfield's comments were featured in the January 25, 2010, Daily Herald.
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