re: #221 KGxvi

Most presidents (and even presidential nominees) don’t often have local experience. Obama served in the Illinois legislature before the Senate, GWB, Clinton, Reagan, and Carter were all governors with no other elected offices. GHWB was all over federal government positions. Nixon and Kennedy started off in Congress together.

I think you have to go back to LBJ, who served on a local school board to find a president who previous held a local office.

Clinton was Arkansas’ AG I believe.