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United States senators are popularly elected to six-year terms that begin on January 3 of the year after their election. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, Georgia's senators were chosen by the Georgia General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4.
Georgia became a U.S. state in 1788, which allowed it to send congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives beginning with the 1st United States Congress in 1789. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms.
This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. ... Georgia: Jon Ossoff: Democratic February 16, 1987 (age 38) ...
He and Warnock are the first Democratic U.S. senators from Georgia since Zell Miller left office in 2005. Ossoff assumed the role of senior U.S. senator from Georgia once he was sworn into office, making him the youngest senior senator since Robert M. La Follette Jr. and the most junior senior senator since Hiram Fong , who was 99th in ...
Warnock becomes the first Black man elected as U.S. senator from Georgia with his victory and the first Democrat elevated to the Senate from Georgia in 20 years.
Pages in category "Democratic Party United States senators from Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff has won his Senate runoff election. Ossoff, 33, defeated 71-year-old Republican David Perdue, who held the seat for the past six years and had the strong support of ...
Three-term Democrat Jon Tester was narrowly reelected in 2018 with 50.3% of the vote. On February 22, 2023, he announced he was running for a fourth term. Tester was one of two Democratic senators running for reelection who represented states won by Republican Donald Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. [109]