House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

D.C. residents have put a target on a Utah congressman’s back, and his rivals have noticed. A primary challenger to Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) is holding a meet and greet with Washingtonians this Friday.

Chaffetz “has ignored the principles of limiting federal government in local affairs and local self-determination,” attorney Damian Kidd writes in his invitation. “When in Congress I pledge to never meddle in D.C. affairs and to be vocal against any congressman/woman who does.”

Kidd’s pledge not to interfere in D.C. affairs goes so far, in fact, that he isn’t even holding the event in the District. Instead, it’ll be at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington. (Which is only a gondola-ride away, after all, minus the gondola.)

He announced his intent to unseat Chaffetz at the end of January. Kidd told the Daily Herald that “I’m a big believer in limiting terms. I think it’s time for [Chaffetz] to get back in the private sector and do something else.”

Washingtonians flooded the phone lines of Chaffetz’s office after he attempted to block D.C.’s Death with Dignity Act this term. That, along with efforts to screw with District laws regarding medical marijuana, same-sex marriage, and reproductive discrimination, failed. Still, District residents have protested to tell Chaffetz and other Congressional Republicans to keep their hands off D.C.

Chaffetz is even being targeted by a Super PAC called Americans For Self-Rule, founded by D.C. residents with the sole intent of getting the Utahn voted out of office. Since launching at the beginning of the month, Americans For Self-Rule has already raised $11,000, according to co-founder Lynette Craig.

However, the Super PAC has not thrown its support behind Kidd just yet, though Craig tells DCist, “I love that he’s willing to go on-record about supporting our sovereignty.”

As a reminder, D.C. does not have a member with full voting rights in either the House or the Senate. While statehood is one solution to that, some Washingtonians have also spent time focusing on congressional opponents to home rule.

In November, grassroots organization Not Your District PAC targeted then-Congressman John Mica (R-FL) with digital ads. Activists supported an opponent of Maryland Congressman Andy Harris in the Republican primary, though Harris pulled it out. While Chaffetz retained his seat in 2016 with more than 73 percent of the vote, he’s faced opposition from constituents in a recent town hall.

There are rumors of other potential primary challengers to Chaffetz, like Evan McMullin, an independent candidate for president who has emerged as a Donald Trump critic. Plus, there’s Kathryn Allen, a family physician floating a run in Utah’s 3rd as a Democrat. Already, she has raised more than $460,000 towards her campaign on CrowdPac, a crowdsourcing website for political candidates.

Americans For Self-Rule isn’t even sure whether it will support one candidate against Chaffetz yet. “We’re still in the fact-finding/market-analysis stage,” says Craig. But one thing remains clear: “We’re going to try and boot that guy off the seat, period.”