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Guy Morgan, a 33-year-old hotel manager from Boone, says he knows his decision to run for Congress in a district he doesn’t live in may raise eyebrows. But the first-time candidate insists his heart — and his family roots — are in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.

Morgan, a Democrat, has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for the district’s open U.S. House seat. He said he has announced his candidacy at county Democratic Party meetings in the district, and has launched a campaign website: voteforyourguy.com.

A person is not required to live in the specific congressional district they wish to represent. The U.S. Constitution only requires that a candidate for the U.S

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