Why two “consecutive” terms? Why not just “two terms”?
Good question.
Why don't you ask Vlad and Dmitri. They know how this works ...
OneWingedShark says: Honestly, to keep the incumbent advantage
down; it's simply to keep a senator from really "settling in" not keep the States from sending someone back for a third term. Constraining the states WRT Senators is the opposite of the intent of the amendment, but a little constraint in the issue is needful.