How Many U.S. Representatives Live Outside Their Districts?

Update: Rep. Jimmy Panetta actually lives in their own district!

How many U.S. Representatives don't actually live in the district they are supposed to represent? The answer might surprise you. Keep in mind the release date of this video was December 22, 2023.

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U.S. Representatives don’t have to live in the districts they represent.

So theoretically, you could live in Ketchikan, Alaska, and represent the fine folks of Point Hope, Alaska…1,600 miles away.

Oh wait, the entire state of Alaska has only one representative, anyway.

So theoretically, you could live in Brownsville, Texas, and represent the fine folks of Texline, Texas….900 miles away. It’s kinda crazy.

What’s even crazier? According to my research, at least 55 U.S. representatives currently don’t live in the district they represent. Yep, there they all are.

Barry Moore (Alabama’s 2nd)

Eli Crane (Arizona’s 2nd)

Tom McClintock (California’s 5th)

Ami Bera (California’s 6th)

John Duarte (California’s 13th)

Ro Khanna (California’s 17th)

Jimmy Panetta (California’s 19th)

Jay Obernolte (California’s 23rd)

Grace Napolitano (California’s 31st)

Pete Aguilar (California’s 33rd)

Ted Lieu (California’s 36th)

Maxine Waters (California’s 43rd)

Juan Vargas (California’s 52nd)

John Rutherford (Florida’s 5th)

Michael Waltz (Florida’s 6th)

Gus Bilirakis (Florida’s 12th)

Anna Paulina Luna (Florida’s 13th)

Vern Buchanan (Florida’s 16th)

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Florida’s 20th)

Rich McCormick (Georgia’s 6th)

Lucy McBath (Georgia’s 7th)

Andrew Clyde (Georgia’s 9th)

David Scott (Georgia’s 13th)

Ed Case (Hawaii’s 1st)

Lauren Underwood (Illinois’ 14th)

Mary Miller (Illinois’ 15th)

Darin LaHood (Illinois’ 16th)

Steve Scalise (Louisiana’s 1st)

David Trone (Maryland’s 6th)

Lisa McClain (Michigan’s 9th)

John James (Michigan’s 10th)

Don Bacon (Nebraska’s 2nd)

Nick LaLota (New York’s 1st)

Paul Tonko (New York’s 20th)

Elise Stefanik (New York’s 21st)

Brandon Williams (New York’s 22nd)

Nick Langworthy (New York’s 23rd)

Greg Murphy (North Carolina’s 3rd)

Valerie Foushee (North Carolina’s 4th)

Dan Bishop (North Carolina’s 8th)

Wiley Nickel (North Carolina’s 13th)

Warren Davidson (Ohio’s 8th)

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, (Oregon’s 5th)

Summer Lee (Pennsylvania’s 12th)

Michael McCaul (Texas’ 10th)

Chip Roy (Texas’ 21st)

Beth Van Duyne (Texas’ 24th)

Roger Williams (Texas’ 25th)

John Carter (Texas’ 31st)

Vicente Gonzalez (Texas’ 34th)

Abigail Spanberger (Virginia’s 7th)

Don Beyer (Virginia’s 8th)

Morgan Griffith (Virginia’s 9th)

Adam Smith (Washington’s 9th)

Marilyn Strickland (Washington’s 10th)

13% of all U.S. House members represent a district they don’t live in.

You may think this is messed up, but it’s perfectly legal according to the Constitution.