note the oldest at the wheel
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Ten years in any one position or ten years total in any elected position?
Career politicians have their downsides but for stability you do want a portion of experienced people. Governments comprised entirely of 'fresh blood' tend to be a steaming pile of garbage because no-one knows what they're doing.
Age quotas could be a reasonable solution, if you had an MMP or other proportional system involving members elected at large rather than every election being a direct election.
10 years for a particular position (governor, senator, whatever). So, you can be elected twice (or more for positions with short cycles), but then you have to move on. You can move on to another position, but you're ineligible to be elected for any position you've held for 10+ years.