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Senate Majority Leader: John Thune: SD: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2025: Senate Majority Whip: John Barrasso: WY: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Tom Cotton: AR: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: WV: January 3, 2025
Control of the Congress from 1855 to 2025 Popular vote and house seats won by party. Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789.
The Senate, or upper chamber, has 100 seats — two per state. Of these, 34 are up for election in 2024. Each senator serves a six-year term for their respective state.
The "majority party" is the political party that either has a majority of seats or can form a coalition or caucus with a majority of seats; if two or more parties are tied, the vice president's affiliation determines which party is the majority party. The next-largest party is known as the minority party.
Democrats currently control the Senate by a slim majority, thanks to the four independent senators that caucus with the blue party. Of the 100 seats, 47 are held by Democrats, and 49 by Republicans.
The GOP was on course to begin the 119th Congress with 55 Senate seats as of midnight Wednesday. ... The last time either party had a filibuster-proof majority was in early 2010 when Democrats had ...
All 33 Class 1 Senate seats, and one Class 2 seat, were up for election in 2024; Class 1 currently consisted of 20 Democrats, four independents who caucus with the Senate Democrats, [e] and 10 Republicans. Burgess Everett of Politico considered the map for these Senate elections to be highly unfavorable to Democrats.
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 ...