Dem Candidate Owns Ritzy $1.7M Home Hours Outside His District

Democrat James Osyf is listed as the owner of a $1.7 million D.C. townhome, raising questions about how connected he is with the Virginia district he wants to represent in Congress.

Osyf, 40, is vying with two other Democratic candidates to unseat GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans in Virginia’s second district. Osyf, a Navy veteran and executive at Lockheed Martin, is the most prominent of the three Democratic contenders.

Osyf is listed as the owner of a $1.7 million townhome in Washington, D.C., while the district he seeks to represent is located roughly 200 miles away in southern Virginia. In addition to the townhome, his campaign is registered at an address in D.C., as well. Records indicate that he does not own a residence in Virginia’s second district, according to the New York Post.

“It certainly doesn’t look good,” Todd Belt, director of the Political Management program at George Washington University, told the Post, adding that the poor optics associated with living outside the district are “why candidates often fake a residence in a district in order to run there.”

Virginia state law requires that candidates for office be residents of the state for at least one year prior to the election.

While Osyf’s campaign headquarters are currently located in Washington, he could amend his campaign filings later to change his headquarters to an address in the district.

Osyf wants to flip Virginia’s second district from Kiggans, who has held the seat since 2023 after she beat former Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria. Kiggans flipped the seat by a vote of roughly 52% to 48%.

Kiggans held the seat in 2024 by a similar margin, overcoming a challenge from Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal by roughly 51% to 47%. Kiggans’ seat is listed as “lean Republican” by The Cook Political Report for 2026.