What’s wrong with Tina Smith?
Who said that he should run only for senate?
For all we know he might want to run to be mayor of his middle-sized suburb.
This brings up the interesting point that the lower down the office, the more likely one can cancel out whatever skeletons a candidate may possess by personal connections to a community. In fact it's something that happens more frequently than people would like to admit. But when the idea of the 'community' becomes more nebulous and people lack actual intimate connections, perceptions exponentially matter more, and any scandal has the power to tarnish.
