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Does our 6-term Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin live in Wisconsin?

The Republican challenger Chad Lee has raised the question, and Isthmus responds:

Since Baldwin became the first openly gay congresswoman in 1998, she has received violent threats against her person and family from hate groups and deeply troubled individuals. That led to Baldwin receiving special permission to de-list her home address from public documents as a means of keeping her safe....

In the end, the whole thing is a pretty bald-faced political stunt on the part of Lee (and the Young Republicans, frankly) ? and one that shows an impressive lack of awareness of the realities of our world, as well as a complete disregard for the bodily safety of his opponent.

A member of Congress must be a resident of the state, and one can raise this technical challenge, but there is the more substantive question whether someone who is supposed to represent us had a good connection to the people of the state. Which is more important?

Full post as published by Althouse on July 23, 2010 (boomark / email).