He worked on four presidential campaigns and hundreds of gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns. Tribunes were men of Senatorial status appointed by the Senate. In the first phase voters chose electors who then selected a slate of senatorial candidates. Gardner was chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2017 to 2019. He continued to campaign for Democratic senatorial candidates for many years. He is notable for his tenure as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Additionally, Senators are appointed from two geographic areas not part of any senatorial division. The minimum age for candidates in the senatorial elections is 24 years. Exclusion of the old senatorial aristocracy threatened this arrangement. Each district is represented by three senatorial seats. It became an important repository for plebeian and senatorial records. Lodge thought the treaties impinged too much on senatorial prerogatives. Lodge thought the treaties impinge too much on senatorial prerogatives. Each sector is represented by a Senatorial Delegation. Unlike landholding, industry was not considered an honorable profession for those of senatorial rank.