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Republicans May Still End Up Controlling Virginia State Senate
Posted on 11/12/23 at 9:42 am
Posted on 11/12/23 at 9:42 am
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After Tuesday’s elections, Democrats won control of the state Senate by a slim 21-19 margin, but Sen. Ghazala Hashmi’s residency is now being challenged. If it’s determined she’s ineligible, she may be replaced by a Republican with Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears would becoming the tie-breaking vote.
Candidates are required to live in the district they are running to represent. According to her paperwork, Hashmi lived in Senate District 15, but merely rented an apartment in the district while maintaining her primary residence in her original District 10, which had been redistricted earlier this year.
According to The Daily Wire, her original home is not listed for sale and her car was there regularly, suggesting that the apartment was rented solely for the purpose of erroneously establishing residency in the district she wanted to represent.
“There’s no question whatsoever that she does not live in that apartment,” her Republican opponent Hayden Fisher said. “She definitely clearly intentionally lied on that form. And she does not reside in the district so she should not represent it.”
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“She made no genuine effort to actually move into the district, she just rented an apartment. Why don’t you just sell your house and move into the district? She just doesn’t even care. The arrogance is mind boggling,” he added.
Fisher told The Daily Wire he will "stop them from certifying the election."
"She’s disqualified,” he insists, “that means I ran unopposed as a matter of law.”
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Posted on 11/12/23 at 9:46 am to WPBTiger
Lol. They wont do shite. Dems having fake addresses is (D)ifferent
Posted on 11/12/23 at 9:56 am to Cosmo
Didn't MTG do this? If memory serves she lives in Fulton County and was running in District 6. Then Tom Graves dropped out of District 14 and she just jumped in up there.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 10:52 am to beaux duke
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Didn't MTG do this?
That's diffe(R)rent.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 11:30 am to BamaAtl
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That's diffe(R)rent.
It very well may be different, depending on each state’s laws.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 11:36 am to PsychTiger
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It very well may be different, depending on each state’s laws.
Could be. I don't know enough about GA or VA's laws to say.
IMO, it's lame even if it is legal. It probably cost Dr Oz his seat. You should live where you run for office, DiffeRent or not
This post was edited on 11/12/23 at 11:37 am
Posted on 11/12/23 at 11:54 am to beaux duke
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Didn't MTG do this? If memory serves she lives in Fulton County and was running in District 6. Then Tom Graves dropped out of District 14 and she just jumped in up there.
Hashmi was elected to a District she does not live in. From what you posted, Greene was never elected to the 6th District. She does live in Rome which is in her District. Sounds diffe(R)ent to me.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 12:01 pm to Nurbis
Correct, never elected in the 6th but was a candidate. Again I'm going from memory here - while she may live in Rome now, I'm pretty sure she did not when she first dropped out of the 6th race and ran/was elected in 14. Could be wrong
She's been in office awhile now so I doubt it's illegal in GA. Don't know on VA. Even still my point is it should be. Example - a race in a crucial district with a weak Dem and strong R. What's to stop say Brad Pitt from running. He's got unlimited money and tons would vote for him because Brad Pitt. Residency should be required, and even residency for a year or two prior IMO
She's been in office awhile now so I doubt it's illegal in GA. Don't know on VA. Even still my point is it should be. Example - a race in a crucial district with a weak Dem and strong R. What's to stop say Brad Pitt from running. He's got unlimited money and tons would vote for him because Brad Pitt. Residency should be required, and even residency for a year or two prior IMO
This post was edited on 11/12/23 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 11/12/23 at 1:01 pm to beaux duke
quote:no she did not do that
Didn't MTG do this? If memory serves she lives in Fulton County and was running in District 6. Then Tom Graves dropped out of District 14 and she just jumped in up there.
interesting you got rapid response from 3 enemies of America in this thread
Greene lives in and represents Rome, Ga
another khazar troll farm by communist maggots... yeah, theres BamaAtl
Posted on 11/12/23 at 1:03 pm to beaux duke
sounds like the words of someone else like the foul belligerent bamaatl
say bamaatl your side going to murder more people this election cycle?
are you still actively and financially supporting antifa?
say bamaatl your side going to murder more people this election cycle?
are you still actively and financially supporting antifa?
This post was edited on 11/12/23 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 11/12/23 at 1:04 pm to BamaAtl
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Didn't MTG do this?
That's diffe(R)rent.
He's not wrong. Federal law doesn't require residency in a district, whereas many states do require it.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 1:06 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-someone-like-marjorie-taylor-greene-could-win-again/
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Greene didn’t plan to represent Georgia’s 14th District; she was busy trying to represent its 6th. Composed mostly of Atlanta’s northern suburbs, including Greene’s home in northern Fulton County, and offering a shot at unseating a Democrat, the 6th was the obvious choice for Greene. She hired a D.C. consulting firm, invested in a slick website and loaned herself $500,000 to get the campaign rolling.
But the 6th was shaping up to be a competitive race, both in the primary and the general. The incumbent, Democrat Lucy McBath, was running unopposed in her primary, allowing her to focus her time and money on the general (McBath ultimately won reelection). Meanwhile, the GOP race had attracted five other candidates, including Karen Handel, who previously held the seat before McBath beat her in 2018. Handel enjoyed the backing of prominent Republicans like then-Sens. David Perdue and Johnny Isakson and Gov. Brian Kemp. It was going to be a tough fight for Greene, a far-right political newcomer who had never sought elected office in her life.
Then, on Dec. 5, 2019, a new door opened: Republican Rep. Tom Graves unexpectedly announced he would not seek reelection in Georgia’s 14th District, a rural area in the northwest corner of the state. Eight days later, Greene — encouraged, she said, by House Freedom Caucus members such as Reps. Jim Jordan and Andy Biggs — moved her campaign to the 14th and never looked back, as there’s no constitutional requirement that representatives must live within the borders of their districts — just in the state. She was the first (and for three weeks, the only) candidate in the Republican primary. By the time other candidates had trickled in over the coming months, they said Greene was the candidate to beat.
This post was edited on 11/12/23 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 11/12/23 at 1:09 pm to beaux duke
I care about your overarching intent - not minute details
that intent also includes :
you are here weeks
you appear and your comment continued by bamaatl, one of the biggest enemies of freedom
know them well? likely the same
that intent also includes :
you are here weeks
you appear and your comment continued by bamaatl, one of the biggest enemies of freedom
know them well? likely the same
Posted on 11/12/23 at 1:17 pm to WPBTiger
Posted on 11/12/23 at 1:37 pm to BamaAtl
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BamaAtl
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diffe([R]etarded)rent
Posted on 11/12/23 at 1:43 pm to beaux duke
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Didn't MTG do this?
In Georgia you just have to be a resident of the state. David Scott has represented the 13th District , which encompasses most of the south and west side of metro Atlanta for 20 years. He lives in Grant Park which is about as in town Atlanta as you can get.
This post was edited on 11/12/23 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 11/12/23 at 1:50 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
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no she did not do that
she did
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I care about your overarching intent - not minute details
As am I. Her switching districts isn't a minute detail - doing so is the topic of this thread. Thought it was pretty clear I think representing a district/area that one doesn't live in is lame. While it seems to be legal in GA (and maybe everywhere, I don't know) that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do IMHO. Goes for MTG, Dr Oz, this Hashmi person and per Spawn,at least one more. To me, it's bad policy. Your mileage may vary
This post was edited on 11/12/23 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 11/12/23 at 2:05 pm to Cosmo
AOC. Did the same thing Supposedly lived in an apartment in her district but no one in the complex had ever scene her there. The mail man said mail piled up for months before he would take it back to the post office. Then the routine would start all over. Maxine Waters lives in a mansion many miles from her district which is the poorest most crime ridden area of the country. Rules for thee but not for me
Posted on 11/12/23 at 2:09 pm to Csmims
Also bullshite. That's what I'm getting at. You should live where you represent, should be a hard and fast rule. I'd imagine there are plenty more examples
Posted on 11/12/23 at 3:10 pm to beaux duke
Federal congressmen are not required to live in their district.
Most STATE legislators are.
Most STATE legislators are.
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