North Texas residence questions still casting cloud over Herschel Walker in Georgia runoff
filed late last month by Georgia resident Ann Gregory Roberts asked the attorney general’s office and Georgia Bureau of Investigation to “promptly investigate this apparent violation of Georgia law” ahead of the Dec. 6 runoff against Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock. has a general homestead exemption on the property that has a total appraised value of $3,080,000 for 2022. The exemption is worth about $1,500 on the property owned by the former Dallas Cowboys star running back. nationwide.
A former Heisman Trophy winner who played for the Georgia Bulldogs, Walker lived in Texas for decades At the time, Walker’s main GOP rival challenged him to “move here, pay taxes here, register and vote in some elections” before running. Warnock’s allies have taken a similar line of attack, framing the Republican as an out-of-state charlatan.
The U.S. Constitution has few restrictions on potential U.S. Senate candidates. It requires only that a senator be 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for nine years and an “inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen” when elected. Georgia law includes more than a dozen stipulations to be considered when establishing residency, including where the candidate takes their homestead exemption. by Roberts asks authorities to investigate whether Walker violated state law “by registering and voting in Georgia while knowingly maintaining his principal residence in Texas.
Dallas Morning News assistant political editor John Gravois contributed to this report, which includes material from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution archives.
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