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An Arizona state senator known for pushing false claims about the COVID-19 vaccine and the 2020 election announced she has filed paperwork to run for Congress early Monday morning.
State Senator Kelly Townsend made the announcement over Twitter, stating she would keep her current state seat while she runs.
She will be running in the Sixth Congressional District, which is a sprawling, rural district that runs from the U.S.-Mexico border to the Mogollon Rim and the New Mexico border to Casa Grande. She currently lives in the East Valley, but the U.S. Constitution only requires Congress members to live in the state they represent.
A: She lives in new #AZ05, about 50 miles north of #AZ06 boundary. Under U.S. Constitution, members of Congress must live in the state but not the district. https://t.co/27Izw8XdZ3
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) January 17, 2022
"[Townsend] has a long record of fighting for secure borders, an end to illegal immigration, expansion of school choice, and of course her well-publicized efforts to secure Arizona's elections," her statement said.
Townsend, who represents Arizona's 16th District, has been a vocal supporter of the Arizona Senate GOP's recount of the 2020 election in Maricopa County since it began. The "audit" failed to produce any evidence of fraud and the company that ran it has since announced it is shutting down.
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