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ancianita

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3. Have you checked out her background? She might be TikTok popular, but does she understand law and governance?
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 03:52 PM
Wednesday

The reality of her lack of govt and political experience seems to reveal her progressive optics as opportunist. Just my opinion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Abughazaleh

...At the time of her announcement, Abughazaleh did not live in Illinois's 9th congressional district, having only registered to vote in Illinois's 7th congressional district a month before her announcement.[110][111] House Representatives are legally required to be residents of the state they represent in Congress, but not necessarily of the same district they ran in within that state.[112] Abughazaleh's nonresident status in the district, and relatively short duration as a Chicago resident, has drawn criticism.[16] Local politics commentator Eric Zorn predicted that, even if Schakowsky would choose not to run for re-election, local Democrats will "get behind a more established candidate with better local bona fides and greater experience in government" rather than "a very young candidate easily labeled a carpetbagger".

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