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Definition of carpetbagger:

(n) : an candidate who runs in a district where he or she has not previously held residence; one of several Northern politicians who migrated to the South during Reconstruction and held public office
"though he lived and worked in Los Angeles for sixteen years, the candidate for Attorney General is no carpetbagger; he was born and raised in this state and graduated from the state university."
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Definition of carpetbagger:

(n) : an candidate who runs in a district where he or she has not previously held residence; one of several Northern politicians who migrated to the South during Reconstruction and held public office
"though he lived and worked in Los Angeles for sixteen years, the candidate for Attorney General is no carpetbagger; he was born and raised in this state and graduated from the state university."

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