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Every two years a third of the seats are up for election. Some years also have a few special elections to fill vacancies. Each state has two senators elected in different years. There were 96 senators from 1912 to 1960 and 100 since then. The Senate has been dominated by Democrats (D) and Republicans (R) in the whole period.
Control of the Congress from 1855 to 2025 Popular vote and house seats won by party. Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789.
Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: IA: January 3, 2025: Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: James Lankford: WV: January 3, 2025: Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee: Tim Scott: MT: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee Mike Lee: UT: January 3, 2015
The List of United States Senate elections has been split into the following two parts for convenience: List of United States Senate elections (1788–1913) List of United States Senate elections (1914–present) The following are lists of United States Senate elections by other criteria: List of United States Senate election results by region
Assuming Republicans pick up West Virginia, where Sen. Joe Manchin is retiring, the party just needs to win the White House or pick up one more Senate seat to secure the majority.
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 118th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.
The Democratic Party holds a narrow majority in the U.S. Senate, but 34 out of 100 seats are up for election on Nov. 5, which may result in a power shift.. Seats in eight of the most competitive ...
[18] [14] [19] Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with 53 seats by flipping the open seat in West Virginia and defeating Democratic incumbents in Montana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, while Republicans retained all the seats they previously held. This is the first time since 1980 that Republicans flipped control of either chamber of Congress ...