<b>Missouri</b> Sen. Roy Blunt's DC address an issue in his re-election bid
BRANSON MO NEWS: Roy Blunt speaks during the Missouri Press Association Candidate Forum on Friday, September 30, 2016 at the Chateau on the Lake Resort in Branson.(Photo: Andrew Jansen/News-Leader)WASHINGTON — What is Sen. Roy Blunt’s home address?The Missouri Republican says he lives in a condominium on John Q Hammons Parkway in Springfield, Mo.But USA TODAY reviewed various financial and legal documents Blunt has filed since he got remarried in 2003 and found the answer is not quite that simple. Those documents show he has claimed a gamut of other addresses as his residence. They include a campaign office, his Springfield congressional office, and the house he shared in Washington with his wife.Blunt is in a tough re-election race. A Monmouth University poll released Wednesday showed him holding the narrowest of leads over Democratic challenger Jason Kander, the Missouri secretary of state. Democrats have hounded Blunt over his D.C. domicile as he fights to keep his Senate seat.The questions around Blunt’s residence are sensitive because he is married to a Washington lobbyist, Abigail Blunt, head of government relations for Kraft Heinz Co. Her job is in D.C. and they have a son who attends school in Washington. …
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