I feel our politicians are not fully knowledgeable about American government. Like any other “profession”, anyone running for any political office, whether it is local, state or federal, should have academic accreditation from at a minimum a registered 2 year college.
The course work would be specific to legislation covering local, regulation concepts, state regulation processes, specific to your state and local processes within your state, and federal legislation that also impacts your state. Ideally, we would be ensured the people we vote for understand and comprehend our laws and expectations. This would also prevent individuals picking up opened seats by merely buying property and asserting residency.