Should Your Representative Live In Your District?

Can Your Representative truly represent you if
they do not live In Your District?

Oregon US Democrat Senator Ron Wyden lives in NY which is outside of his district (the state of Oregon). Many people think that is unacceptable.

Mike Erickson does not live in Congressional District 6 (CD6). Below is a map of Oregon Congressional District 6 (see full map here)

The brown areas of the map indicate higher population areas.

Mike Erickson is the only 2024 CD6 Republican Primary Candidate that does not live in the District. You can see Mike Erickson’s (and all candidate’s) address on the Oregon Secretary of State’s website here:
https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=22723&OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=TOXX-M2P4-OMTP-ZUVV-8IV9-V8VC-M12C-LKU3

Below is a closer view of the Northern area of CD6 with an overlay of a map with a pin drop near Mike Erickson’s house.