About one-third of the Senators in Congress are elected every two years. This means the 33 are up for election at any one time.
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Yes. All members of the House of Representatives are elected in two year intervals. The only deviation from this is when a special election is called, such as when a congressman dies in office or is otherwise relieved of duty earlier than his term would expire.
Not all senators are elected at the same time. Every 2 years about a third of the senator spots are up for election. One reason for this is to keep the senate more balanced and get new people in.
There are three classes of US senators comprising of 33 or 34 senators. A complete class of senators becomes due for election at the same time. This means that 33 or 34 senators are elected at a time.
to keep some stability. you don't want 100 new perspectives all at the same time (2 for each state) that would be biting off more than could be chewed. taking one step at a time proves to be a more effective and reliable strategy.
No. Senators serve terms of six years each. the terms are staggared so that approx. one-third of the seats are up for election every 2 years.
It means that a US senator must live in the state from which they are elected. The restriction is easy to fulfill since one can move into the state during the campaign. One just has to live in the state by election day.
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the senate elections are held in a staggard fashion which means that only about a third of the senators are elected in each election. so all the seats in the senate are never completely empty. for example, if there were 60 senators for example, 30 senators are in the election this year, while the other 30 will be in the election a couple years from now. these two groups rotate.
No one was re-elected in 1920. Republican Warren Harding took the election, replacing Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
When a senator gets elected they serve for six years in one term (a representative serves two years in their term.) They can get re-elected as many times as they want until they die or commit a felony. In my opinion, members of congress need to have term limits like the president does so corruption in the capitol would reduce. Some senators have been there for 42 years!