You make a very good point. If senators, Reps, etc., had to relinquish one office to run for another, we the people would be that far ahead of the game. As it is, since they make rhe rules, they set it up to be lopsidedly beneficial to them.
Why we don’t vote more of them out is a mystery to me. So many of them need to be gone—including those who only ran for one office to use it as a springboard for running for a higher one.
It’s incredible, isn’t it?
lol Don’t get me started on city councils, mayors, & ‘’city managers’’.