Text: Instances where Candidates or Members were Impacted by Residency RequirementsCompiled by the Legislative Reference Library, 12/3/2024I did not find any instances of seated legislators who were removed from office based on the residency requirements. There were many contested elections and it would take some digging to see if the older ones were contested for residency. There could have also been other legislators unseated by the chamber based on this requirement, which I was not able to find.According to a Memorandum in Support of Contestee's Motion to Dismiss, filed on November 27, 2024 in the case: Paul Wikstrom v. Curtis Johnson (62-CV-24-7378), "there is no case law showing that a court ever entertained a residency challenge under the election contest statute after an election has been held."One of the tricky parts about this type of research is that in many cases, the name is stricken from the ballot so it doesn't appear in election results. Here are the instances that I was able to discover: 2024As of December 3, 2024, there is an ongoing court case: Paul Wikstrom v. Curtis Johnson (62-CV-24-7378).2016Rep. Bob Barrett was an incumbent running for House district 32B in the 2016 general election. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that he did not meet the constitutional requirement for residency in that district and that he should be removed from the ballot, but it was too close to the election. The election results were nullified and the seat was vacant when the legislature convened on January 3, 2017. There was a special election held in February of 2017 to fill the seat. He could have run in the special election, but decided not to run. The successful candidate was Anne Neu Brindley.2005In the special election on December 27, 2005, Sue Ek was removed from the ballot by the courts because of residency requirements. Her relative, Kay Ek ran an unsuccessful write-in campaign. Larry Haws was elected to House district 15b in that 2005 special election. See the clipping attached below about this race.Minnesota Legislative Reference Library | 22002In 2002, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Jason Samuels (a green party candidate) didn't meet the residency requirements and required Hennepin County to remove his name from the ballot. See the attached article. He was running against incumbent Rep. Kahn. 1970In 1970, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Gladys Baker Swanson did not fulfill the residency requirements. Beltrami county was ordered not to print her name on the ballot. She was running against incumbent, Rep. Falk.