United States Senate elections

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election federal election legislative election

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
United States Senate elections canonical 5
1972 United States Senate elections 1
2004 United States Senate election in North Carolina 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → relatedTo → United States Senate elections ⓘ
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
Secretary of the U.S. Senate (campaign finance disclosure functions) → appliesToJurisdiction → 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 ⓘ