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6. Carpetbagger Chris.

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 11:51 PM

11 hrs ago

The last time a "carpetbagger" won a congressional election was in 1968, Ed Foreman (R) to NM-2 (Las Cruces and vicinity), after he'd previously represented an El Paso/borderland district in Texas earlier in the '60s.

Back in 2020, the late Bobby Schilling tried something similar in an eastern Iowa district after representing a Western Illinois district but lost the R primary.

Dan Bongino unsuccessfully ran for Congress in both Maryland and Florida prior to his talk radio career.

Voters may make stupid decisions (see the 2024 election), but they at least don't buy into state-hopping.

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