Freshman congressman moves outside district

SHERWOOD, Wis. — First-term U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble has moved out of the Wisconsin congressional district he represents.

The Republican congressman has returned to a house he owns in Sherwood, several miles outside the 8th Congressional District. Ribble put the house up for sale while running for Congress last year and moved into an apartment in the town of Lawrence, which is within the 8th District.

Ribble spokeswoman Ashley Olson tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/mUU8tK ) that the Sherwood house is coming off the market because the contract with the listing agent expires this week. Ribble’s district is being redrawn and will include the Sherwood residence in 2013.

Committee on House Administration spokeswoman Sally Wood says the U.S. Constitution requires federal lawmakers to reside within the state they represent, but doesn’t mandate that they live in their districts.

Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com