United States Senate

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. It is known informally as the "upper house." The Senate consists of 36 senators divided over the 18 regions in USA.

Note: This page has not been updated with the 2010 election results.

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Current majority

As of the 2008 elections the senate consists of 18 republican senators, 16 democratic senators and 2 independent NEP senators. Resulting in a Republican majority.

Senate leadership

The current leadership positions of the senate are occupied as follows:



  • Chair of Regulations and Commerce Committee:
  • Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee:
  • Chair of Judiciary Committee:
  • Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: Valeria Smith

Current Senators Listed region wise

Current U.S. Senate
Name Party Superregion Region State Elected Election Cycle Comments
Valeria Smith R Big Sky Country Great Plains Oklahoma 2004 1
Joshua Long R Big Sky Country Great Plains Kansas 2008 3
William Pope R Big Sky Country Rocky Mountains 2
Adrian C. McConnell R Big Sky Country Rocky Mountains 3
Terry Hughes R Dixi Ohio Valley 1
Tim Kent R Dixi Ohio Valley 3
Richard Schneiter R Dixi Shenandoah Valley 1
Keith Carter D Dixi Shenandoah Valley 2
Elizabeth Wellbourne D Heartland Great Lakes 1
Angela Chiles R Heartland Great Lakes 3
Gregory Wolff D Heartland Illinois 2
Mark Casmir D Heartland Illinois 3
Vincent Giorelli D Mid-Atlantic Atlantic Seaboard 2006 2
Evangeline Heaton I Mid-Atlantic Atlantic Seaboard 2008 3
Kathryn Spencer D Mid-Atlantic Pennsylvania 1
David Gamble R Mid-Atlantic Pennsylvania 2
Red Blanchard D Mississippi Valley Gulf Coast 1
James MacGillicutty D Mississippi Valley Gulf Coast 2
James Dailey D Mississippi Valley Midwest 1
Joseph Cahill R Mississippi Valley Midwest 2
Adam Jackson R Northeast New England 1
Nadine Monroe I Northeast New England 2
Frankie Bernstein D Northeast New York 1
Roland Scott R Northeast New York 3
Caden Windsor R Sunbelt Southwest 1
Akeem Mellis R Sunbelt Southwest 3
A.A. Alvera R Sunbelt Texas 2
Mark Watters D Sunbelt Texas 3
Matt Mitchell R Tidewater Florida 1
Eric Smith D Tidewater Florida 2
Hiroko Fox R Tidewater Southeast 2
Mike Floyd R Tidewater Southeast 3
Elizabeth Rosenbaum D West Coast California 2
Sam Russell D West Coast California 3
Lilliam Vanleer D West Coast Pacific Coast 1
Jeffrey Landon D West Coast Pacific Coast 3


Current Senators Listed alphabetically

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Current Senators Listed according to seniority

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