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How long is too long?

A Fresh Look at South Carolina’s U.S. Senate Seats

Candidate: Don Louis 

Independent for U.S. Senate

  • U.S. Senators serve 6-year terms with no term limits.

  • Average senator serves about two terms (~12 years).

  • South Carolina Today

    • One senator has served 23+ years.

    • One senator has served 13+ years.

    • Both hold powerful committee chairmanships.

  • Some senators serve 20, 30, even 40+ years

  • Seniority concentrates power — but voters lose leverage

  • Long tenure isn’t bad people — it’s a broken system


Don Louis’ Viewpoint

Experience should deliver results. Seniority without accountability isn’t enough.

This isn’t about any one senator. It’s about a system with no term limits. It is time to fix the system. 


I support term limits for the U.S. Senators because no job should last a lifetime — especially one funded by taxpayers. Term limits aren’t anti-experience. They’re pro-accountability.


 
 
 

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