Rodney's Retiring
The way I read the Constitution members of the House of reps represent their State. Nothing there about Districts. However it has become the practice and maybe there is a Statute that States are divided into Congressional Districts.
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/congressional.pdf
For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the district contains all or portions of four counties and 54 municipalities.[3]
Bloomfield (part; also 10th), Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Livingston, Montclair (part; also 10th), North Caldwell, Nutley, Roseland, Verona, West Caldwell, West Orange (part; also 10th)
Boonton Town, Boonton Township, Butler, Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Denville, East Hanover, Florham Park, Hanover, Harding, Jefferson Township, Kinnelon, Lincoln Park, Madison, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Montville, Morris Plains, Morris Township, Morristown Town, Mountain Lakes, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Pequannock, Randolph Township, Riverdale, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township and Victory Gardens
Bloomingdale, Little Falls, North Haledon, Pompton Lakes, Totowa, Wanaque, Wayne and Woodland Park
Byram Township, Hopatcong, Ogdensburg, Sparta Township and Stanhope
For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the district will contain portions of three counties and all or portions of 18 municipalities.[3]
Bloomfield (part; also 11th), East Orange, Glen Ridge, Irvington, Maplewood, Montclair (part; also 11th), Newark (part; also 8th), Orange, South Orange, West Orange (part; also 11th)
Bayonne (part; also 8th), Jersey City (part; also 8th)
Hillside, Linden, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park, Union Township (part; also 7th)
Why would you post something that is completely inaccurate and then just shrug your shoulders when corrected?
nohero said:
You have to live in the district to represent it. You don't have to live there to run in the election to represent it.
DannyArcher said:
Why would you post something that is completely inaccurate and then just shrug your shoulders when corrected?
nohero said:
You have to live in the district to represent it. You don't have to live there to run in the election to represent it.
Because the important part, the relevant part, the ONLY part that matters for the discussion right now is completely accurate: "You don't have to live there to run in the election to represent it."
LOST said:
New development.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2018/02/08/former-jets-center-considers-run-to-replace-frelinghuysen-243318
Interesting and amusing. I like this part, which tells me that the Essex County GOP Chair looked at the declared candidates, rolled his eyes in frustration, and reached out to Mangold to ask him to run. Then he called the reporter to spread the story around and generate interest.
“I had a conversation with him. He’s intrigued by the idea. He has to think it over and talk with his wife,” Essex County Republican Chairman Al Barlas said in a phone interview. “After an 11-year playing career and a college career, he’s enjoying being at home with his wife and kids.“
Here is a summary from the article of his qualifications:
Barlas said Mangold is a registered Republican who has voted in three of the last five primaries and six of the last seven general elections.
“He’s a different candidate. He gives different name ID," Barlas said.
nohero said:
LOST said:
New development.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2018/02/08/former-jets-center-considers-run-to-replace-frelinghuysen-243318
Interesting and amusing. I like this part, which tells me that the Essex County GOP Chair looked at the declared candidates, rolled his eyes in frustration, and reached out to Mangold to ask him to run. Then he called the reporter to spread the story around and generate interest.
“I had a conversation with him. He’s intrigued by the idea. He has to think it over and talk with his wife,” Essex County Republican Chairman Al Barlas said in a phone interview. “After an 11-year playing career and a college career, he’s enjoying being at home with his wife and kids.“
yahooyahoo said:
Here is a summary from the article of his qualifications:
Barlas said Mangold is a registered Republican who has voted in three of the last five primaries and six of the last seven general elections.
“He’s a different candidate. He gives different name ID," Barlas said.
That may make him more qualified than the current POTUS.
That candidacy didn't last long.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/02/08/nick-mangold-wont-be-running-for-congress/
LOST said:
That candidacy didn't last long.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/02/08/nick-mangold-wont-be-running-for-congress/
I don't think it even was a candidacy. The Essex County GOP chair was asking him, but he never said yes.
The GOP chair talking to the reporter was showing some premature election action.
Here’s an explanation from the House website:
The constitutional qualifications for office originate in British law. Members of the House of Commons had to live in the shires or boroughs they represented, although that was rarely done in practice. The founders used that example to motivate the requirement that Members of the House live in the state they represent. This would increase the likelihood that they would be familiar with the people’s interests there, but there was no mention during the debates about living in the same district. The district system emerged later as states dealt with how to fairly organize their congressional delegations.