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A typical Senate desk on the floor of the United States Senate One hundred desks are arranged in the chamber in a semicircular pattern and are divided by a wide central aisle. The Democratic Party traditionally sits to the presiding officer's right, and the Republican Party traditionally sits to the presiding officer's left, regardless of which ...
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 118th United States Congress . Party affiliation
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. Senators have been directly elected by state-wide popular vote since the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913. A senate term is six years with no term limit. Every two years a third of the seats are up for election.
Along with voting for the president, Election Day also means voting for both chambers of Congress: the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
The Democratic Party holds a narrow majority in the U.S. Senate, but 34 out of 100 seats are up for election on Nov. 5, which may result in a power shift.. Seats in eight of the most competitive ...
The 118th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2023, and will end on January 3, 2025, during the final two years of Joe Biden's presidency.
Sen. Jon Tester remains the most endangered Democrat running for reelection. In a state Trump twice carried by significant margins, he’ll likely need to overperform Harris by double digits.
Regularly scheduled elections were held for 33 out of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate, plus one seat in a special election. [4] [5] Senators are divided into 3 classes whose 6-year terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every 2 years. [6] Class 1 senators faced election in 2024. [7]