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.

Aliases (3)

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 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 (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York ("United States Senate elections in New York") →	relatedTo
Erskine Bowles ("2004 United States Senate election in North Carolina") →	election
93rd United States Congress ("1972 United States Senate elections") →	electionForSenateMembers