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OPINION: Do political ethics matter?

by EVAN KOCH/More Perfect Union
| October 9, 2024 1:00 AM

As Democratic candidate Tom Hearn spent his summer attending community events, walking in parades, calling voters and reaching out to his neighbors one question kept surfacing: Does his opponent, Sen. Phil Hart, actually reside in the district he was elected to represent?

The people who Hart claims he represents never see him in their community. He hasn’t visited schools, parks or coffee shops. His neighbors see a vacated home under perpetual construction. These neighbors claim that in five years, they have never seen him. These people want to be represented by someone who lives in their community. 

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