the state. For Tobin, he'll seek a toss-up seat defended by one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the country, while avoiding a difficult fight with a conservative incumbent like Gosar.

For a quarter-century, Gosar lived with his family full time in a 2,500-square-foot custom cabin tucked into the quiet woods of Flagstaff.

Today he spends two out of three nights alone, on average, when not in Washington, D.C., aides say, in an austere apartment next to a Jack in the Box on a busy street.

Gosar rented the Prescott one-bedroom in a red-trim clapboard house for about $600 a month when he was running in 2012. He listed the address on his voter registration halfway through his campaign.

The smallest apartment in the triplex, it is furnished with mismatched chairs, twohe placed letters in Gosar's box.

Some locals aren't happy Gosar moved to run for the district.

At El Charro, the old Mexican cantina in town, Prescott retirees Jerry and Cindy Curry said members of Congress should live permanently in the districts they serve.

"If the guy's getting paid for this district, he needs to live here," Jerry, 68, said.

"(The apartment), that's basically for show," added Cindy, 66.

But veterans at Prescott's American Legion Rider Post 6 said Gosar represents them well no matter where he calls his permanent home.

"His actions speak for him, not his address," Vietnam veteran and legion leader Dan Tillmans, 72, said, noting he's seen Gosar at town halls and working with the senior center.

Prescott Valley resident Gregory Cook, 67, a retired utility worker, said the congressman's office