Personal thought: regardless of why I missed a job requirement outside of emergencies, I don't think my employer would be happy. We are his employer, and personally, I'm not happy.
As a member of Congress, you get life time benefits for a single term of service. The least you could do is fulfill all the tedious requirements of the role.
This guy says he wants to be the most reachable public official as governor...guess I need to look for that contact page.