[Boogieman]

“By Federal Elections he means any candidate that is either a US House Member or Senator.”

But the feds don’t run those elections, the states do. So, yeah, it’s not really a “nitpick”, but a serious problem with any proposal that the feds are going to be able to do anything about those elections.

[SoConPubbie]

But the feds don’t run those elections, the states do. So, yeah, it’s not really a “nitpick”, but a serious problem with any proposal that the feds are going to be able to do anything about those elections.

No, it's a nitpick because the Constitution gives Congress the ability to legislate "Federal" elections, or, in other words, any elections that involve federal level candidates.