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The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg . Senators are elected for four-year terms, staggered every two years, such that half of the seats are contested at each election. [ 2 ]
State State executive Legislature name Lower house Upper house Name Size [1] Party strength Term (yrs.) Name Size [1] Party strength Term (yrs.) Alabama: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 105 R 76–29: 4: Senate: 35: R 27–8: 4 Alaska: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 40 MC 23–16, 1 NCR [nb 1] 2: Senate: 20 ...
Altogether in 2017, women constitute 24.8% of all state legislators in the United States, [11] a ratio that has increased by less than 4 percentage points since 1994. Only four chambers have reached a near or absolute majority of women: New Hampshire Senate (2009-2010, 13/24 women [12]) Nevada Assembly (2019, 23/42 women)
Carol Moseley Braun was the first woman of color to serve in the Senate and the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator after she won the 1992 Democratic primary election over Alan J. Dixon. Later in 1992, Feinstein was the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator from a different party when she defeated John Seymour in a special election ...
April N. McCants-Baskin is an American politician who is a member-elect of the New York State Senate for the 63rd district, which comprises most of Buffalo. [1]In 2018, Baskin was elected to the Erie County Legislature to represent the 2nd District, and was immediately named Majority Leader. [2]
Margaret Coldwell Wood Hassan [1] [2] (/ ˈ h æ s ə n / HASS-ən; née Wood; born February 27, 1958) [3] is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from New Hampshire since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Hassan was the 81st governor of New Hampshire from 2013 to 2017. [4]
State Since 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 ...
Pennsylvania State Senate District 44 includes parts of Berks County, Chester County, and Montgomery County. It is currently represented by Democrat Katie Muth . District profile