No, no, no

Woman Running For Congress In Alaska Has Never Been To Alaska

Carol Hafner is running for a congressional seat in Alaska despite having never set foot in the state. 

Hafner, a 64-year-old retiree, is a Democratic candidate in Alaska even though she has not once visited the state. 

She had been running on environmental and economic issues, but her campaign began to change after she gained the attention of a state Democratic leader because she used a New Jersey address in her candidacy filings, the Associated Press reported last month. 

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Hafner told HuffPost in an interview Monday that it is her right to run for office in Alaska, even if she doesn’t currently live there. And she’s not wrong. 

The U.S. Constitution requires House representatives to be 25 or older, a U.S. citizen for at least seven years and an inhabitant of the state they represent “when elected.” 

If Hafner wins the Democratic nomination in the state primary on Tuesday, she knows she may have to move across the country. 

She told HuffPost that she would “love to have that land in my lap.” 

"To be a resident when elected" does not mean "to become a resident after being elected".

You have to already be a resident at the time of election.

Who enforces these rules?