United States Senate elections

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Senate_elections
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:chamber gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:citizenship must be U.S. citizen for at least 9 years
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:directElectionSince 1913
gptkbp:electionDay first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
gptkbp:elects gptkb:United_States_Senators
gptkbp:firstHeld 1788
gptkbp:frequency every two years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States Senate elections
gptkbp:lastElection 2022
gptkbp:minimumAgeToRun 30
gptkbp:minimumAgeToVote 18
gptkbp:nextEdition 2024
gptkbp:notableReform gptkb:17th_Amendment_(direct_election_of_Senators)
gptkbp:numberOfSenators 100
gptkbp:organizedBy individual states
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_federal_elections
gptkbp:previouslyElectedBy state legislatures (before 1913)
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_presidential_elections
gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
gptkbp:residence must be inhabitant of the state
gptkbp:seatingCapacity approximately one-third of Senate seats per election
gptkbp:stateElectorate citizens of each state
gptkbp:termLength six years
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:politics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3