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To be a senator, a person must be aged 30 or over. To be a Representative, a person must be aged 25 or older. This is specified in the U.S. Constitution. Most states in the U.S. also have age requirements for the offices of Governor, State Senator, and State Representative.[74]
The Iraqi constitution states that a person must be at least 40 years old to run for president [41] and 35 years old to be prime minister. [42] Until 2019, the electoral law set the age limit at 30 years old for candidates to run for the Council of Representatives. [43]
The constitutional requirements of Article I, Section 2 for election to Congress are the maximum requirements that can be imposed on a candidate. [26] Therefore, Article I, Section 5, which permits each House to be the judge of the qualifications of its own members does not permit either House to establish additional qualifications.
Valdes, 43, is a building inspector for the state's Department of Community Affairs. ... Who's running for Congress in NJ's 8th Congressional District in 2024? Show comments.
New Jersey voters will elect representatives for Congress in all 12 congressional districts in Nov. 5's general election. Here is a look at who is running in New Jersey's 7th Congressional District:
The Constitution forbids Congress from meeting elsewhere. A term of Congress is divided into two "sessions", one for each year; Congress has occasionally also been called into an extra, (or special) session (the Constitution requires Congress to meet at least once each year). A new session commences each year on January 3, unless Congress ...
North Carolina’s congressional candidates balked at the thought of Bo Hines challenging them in a district he doesn’t live in. But the constitution gives him that right.
These members of Congress have little opportunity to shape the legislative process, and therefore rely on alternative mechanisms, such as one-minute speeches to represent their constituents. On February 7, 2018, Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) delivered the then-longest one-minute speech since at least 1909, speaking for eight hours and ...