It looks like Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont) have a little more in common than just being Democrats.

The Palm Beach Post reports:

Wexler’s challenger has accused the six-term congressman of playing a residency shell game, saying Wexler, D-Delray Beach, uses his mother-in-law’s address in Delray Beach while flagrantly making his home in a Maryland suburb.

Many readers may remember that Max Baucus “didn’t own a home in Montana for 11 years of his 29-year Senate career.” Now, Max owns “half” of his mother’s home here in Montana.

Wexler does not own a home in his Florida Congressional District, but owns a really nice one near Washington, D.C., just like Baucus does.

It looks like Wexler’s family, or at least his children, cannot live in his mother-in-law’s Florida home for an extended period because it is a “deed-restricted community for people 55 and over.” Wexler has three teenage children.

The big difference between Wexler and Baucus is that Wexler, as a member of the U.S, House, faces reelection every two years. Baucus, as a member of the U.S. Senate, faces reelection every six years, so Wexler probably has to actually “visit” his state more often to get reelected. I guess depending on your views that can be good or bad.

I hear Montana and Florida are wonderful places to take a vacation during August recess…