United States Senate elections

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United States Senate elections are regularly scheduled and special contests in which voters in each state choose their representatives to serve in the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf election ⓘ
federal election ⓘ
legislative election ⓘ
administeredBy state governments ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
canCoincideWith United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
United States presidential elections ⓘ
state and local elections ⓘ
chamber upper house ⓘ
classesOfSeats 3 ⓘ
classIIISeatsElectedEvery 6 years ⓘ
classIISeatsElectedEvery 6 years ⓘ
classISeatsElectedEvery 6 years ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electionCycle biennial ⓘ
electoralDistrict U.S. state ⓘ
elects United States Senator ⓘ
surface form: United States senators
eligibilityRequirementAge at least 30 years old ⓘ
eligibilityRequirementCitizenship U.S. citizen for at least 9 years ⓘ
eligibilityRequirementResidency inhabitant of the state when elected ⓘ
generalElectionDayRule Tuesday after the first Monday in November ⓘ
generalElectionMonth November ⓘ
governedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
heldEvery 2 years ⓘ
includes regular United States Senate elections ⓘ
special United States Senate elections ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
minimumVotingAge 18 years ⓘ
modifiedBy Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
numberOfSeatsInSenate 100 ⓘ
numberOfSenatorsPerState 2 ⓘ
officeContested United States Senate seat ⓘ
outcomeDetermines partisan control of the United States Senate ⓘ
partOf United States federal elections ⓘ
primaryStage party primary elections in most states ⓘ
purposeOfSpecialElections fill vacancies in the United States Senate ⓘ
regulatedBy state election laws ⓘ
relatesTo United States Congress ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
selectionMethodAfterSeventeenthAmendment direct popular election ⓘ
selectionMethodBeforeSeventeenthAmendment election by state legislatures ⓘ
staggeredTerms true ⓘ
subjectTo federal election law ⓘ
supervisedAtFederalLevelBy Federal Election Commission ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
voters citizens of the United States residing in each state ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
popular vote ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erskine Bowles → election → United States Senate elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2004 United States Senate election in North Carolina
U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York → relatedTo → United States Senate elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Senate elections in New York
93rd United States Congress → electionForSenateMembers → United States Senate elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1972 United States Senate elections
William Francis Hagerty IV → officeContested → United States Senate elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2020
David Norris → associatedWithEvent → United States Senate elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Senate campaign
Democratic Party members of Congress → electedIn → United States Senate elections ⓘ
United States House of Representatives elections → relatedTo → United States Senate elections ⓘ
United States federal electoral districts → notApplicableTo → United States Senate elections ⓘ