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No, he doesn’t. I’d rather go back to when Senators were elected by the states legislatures to represent the interests of the STATES, not just a popularity contest for people who already got to vote for a representative in Congress.

I get it. By why would a bunch of rich guys on the State Legislature get to choose their candidate for the U.S. Senate?

It was on its way out. At least now we get to choose the Senator directly.

why would a bunch of rich guys on the State Legislature get to choose their candidate for the U.S. Senate?

I think the concern is that Mark Zuckerberg or other interests outside the state may be able to sway popular votes within a state. The US Senator for the state may "owe favors" to people across the country. However, if the elected state legislators are choosing a US Senator to represent the interests of the state, then there is a good chance that the interests of the state may actually be represented.

I'm in MA. Does Elizabeth Warren care about MA? Not as far as I can tell. She's a Party activist. She's a national figure. She has an agenda she's working on, and it is not a MA agenda.

If the MA state legislature chose someone to represent MA in Washington DC, then there would be an expectation that the Senator would support MA interests.

You choose the senators and representatives in your your state. But you don’t trust them to pick a decent Senator for the fed?

Now what you have are the leftists in the cities picking them. They only pander to big cities. I’ve yet to see my two Senators anywhere near my little city.